In the coming days, warm weather is expected in Moscow. According to weather forecasters, the average air temperature in the capital will exceed the norm by three to five degrees.

The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, told RIA Novosti that “not just a warm, but a very warm period for August” came to Moscow. Temperature indicators will exceed the norm by 4-6 ° С. In the daytime, he said, "variable cloud cover and lots of sunshine" are expected. However, hot weather will last no more than three days.

“A heat wave is a situation when the temperature exceeds the norm by five degrees or more, and the duration of such a period is more than five days. Now it will be three days of very hot weather, but it’s still not a wave of heat, because the duration is shorter, ”said Wilfand.

He also added that closer to the weekend the temperature will decrease by about seven degrees, but it will still exceed the climatic norm by 1-1.5 ° С.

The warmest day of August

The chief specialist of the Moscow Weather Bureau Tatyana Pozdnyakova, for her part, noted that the indicators recorded the day before had become the highest this month.

According to her, on August 20, the air temperature in the capital reached +27 ° C, which is the highest figure since the beginning of the month.

“Tomorrow (August 21 - RT ) the air will also warm up well, it will be even warmer by a degree and a half or two,” Pozdnyakova explained in a conversation with RT.

This is due to the fact that the weather is determined by the anticyclone. Now the Moscow region is on its periphery, then its center will move closer to the capital. As the meteorologist noted, the pressure will be quite high, which means that there will be few clouds, this will provide good solar air heating.

The nature of the weather will begin to change from Thursday. According to the forecast of the Moscow Weather Bureau, the thermometer columns will drop several degrees on August 22. The indicators will be + 24 ... + 26 ° С. On Friday - even a little lower: +22 ... + 23 ° С. The minimum night temperature will remain at the level of + 13 ... + 15 ° С. As Pozdnyakova noted, these indicators still exceed the August norm.

“The warmest five-day week will be just the last. It is possible that a good forecast will last until the end of the month. It is possible that in the last five days the weather will please us with warmth, that is, in Moscow it will be +22 ... + 24 ° C during the day, and this is two, three degrees higher than the climatic norm, ”the weather forecaster concluded.

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Dominated by anticyclones

According to the Hydrometeorological Center, even light rain, which is possible on Wednesday, will not be able to greatly change the temperature picture. About this RT told the chief specialist of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Marina Makarova. According to her, on August 21 in the Moscow region the air temperature warms up to + 27 ... + 29 ° С.

On Thursday, Moscow region will fall into the crest of the atmospheric wave. As the weather forecaster noted, an atmospheric front will approach the capital, cooler air will flow in. In the region, the temperature will fluctuate within + 21 ... + 26 ° С.

“The downward trend will continue until the end of the week. On Friday no precipitation + 21 ... + 23 ° C. On Saturday, without precipitation, the readings of the thermometers will remain practically the same, on Sunday there will be little intermittent rain in places, ”Makarova explained.

In the southern part of European Russia, an anticyclone will also prevail, but subtropical. It will bring warmth from the Middle East and from Saudi Arabia. Extreme heat is expected.

“In our south, the average daily temperature will exceed the norm by about 8 degrees - this is the Stavropol Territory, Astrakhan Region. In the southern half of the Volgograd region, extreme heat is expected, the temperature + 40 ... + 42 ° C - today and until the end of the day, ”the meteorologist emphasized.

Earlier, the regional Ministry of Emergencies warned that the temperature in the Stavropol Territory could reach +40 ° C.

In the steppe regions of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia, according to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center, heat is expected from 20 to 22 August with temperatures up to +38 ° С. In the same period, in the northern regions of Ingushetia, in the northern and central regions of the Chechen Republic, the thermometer columns will rise to + 40 ... + 41 ° С.