“According to preliminary estimates, there will be snow in mid-January. And in more detail, when will the first snowfall, by the way, I want to say that the first snowfall is always unexpected, we will warn about it two to three days before the onset, ”TASS quotes him.

The weather forecaster also expressed the opinion that New Year’s Eve is “such a wonderful event” that you should not pay attention to the weather.

“We are all accustomed from childhood to the fact that this is magic, a sacrament. It’s a little surprising to me that such attention - what difference does it make, what will the weather be like? ”He noted.

Villefand previously explained the lack of snow in the European part of Russia by the movement of warm air masses.

Psychologist Anette Orlova, in an interview with the Moscow 24 website, advised how to create a New Year's mood in rainy weather.