Forecasters predicted a blizzard and snow drifts in Moscow on February 19.

Cloudy, sometimes very heavy snow, blizzard, ice, snow drifts — such weather awaits residents of the capital region on Thursday, February 19. The corresponding forecast is published on the website of the Hydrometeorological Center.

The air temperature in Moscow will range from -5 to -7 degrees during the day. At night, the thermometer will drop to -12.

In the Moscow region, it will be from -5 to -10 degrees during the day, and at night the temperature may drop to -15.

A southeasterly wind with a speed of 7-12 m/s is expected, with gusts of up to 17 m/s in places.

The atmospheric pressure will be 741 mmHg.

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Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the Hydrometeorological Center department, said on February 18 that, despite the snowfall, severe frosts are not expected in the near future, although the temperature will remain below zero.

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