From February 17 to February 23, warm weather awaits the residents and guests of Moscow in April. About this in a conversation with RT said a leading specialist at the weather center "Phobos" Eugene Tishkovets. At the same time, he emphasized that by the end of the coming week the temperature background will be at zero degrees.

“It will become warm in Central Russia as in early April, but you should not think that spring has come ... Yes, for three consecutive days we will have record heat. Tomorrow is expected a strong, gale. Then there will be a decrease in temperature to near-zero marks, ”said Tiskovec.

The first three days of next week will be marked by a record “triumvirate” of heat, the Meteovesti website says. It is possible to update the temperature maximums for the 17th, 18th and 19th of February, which were recorded in 1957 (+5.8 ° С), 1949 (+4.4 ° С) and 1925 (+3.7 ° С) respectively. It is noted that the cause of the warming will be the vast sector of the Atlantic cyclone, in which a powerful west-east transport of air masses heated by the Gulf Stream will form. In this regard, an abnormal temperature background is expected, which is 9–11 ° C higher than the climatic norm for this period of February.

At the same time, according to Tishkovets, cooling cannot be ruled out in the future.

“But you need to understand that spring has not yet arrived. In April, the return of cold weather is still possible, ”added a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center.

In his Facebook, he also emphasized that talking about the imminent onset of spring due to a very warm winter is premature.

“I would not recommend doing this, since March in Russia according to the climatic canons is a winter month, the positive temperature deviation from the norm will gradually decrease, and although the beginning of the season is expected to be slightly warmer than expected, traditional cold returns are nevertheless likely, and so far is not encouraging April, ”said the weather forecaster.

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Meanwhile, the Zvezda channel, citing Roman Villefand, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, said that spring would come to the European part of Russia earlier than usual due to the abnormally warm winter period.

In turn, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the Moscow Meteoburo, also noted that the weather in the first half of the week will be warmer than usual, light precipitation is expected.

“Most likely it will rain in the night on Tuesday and during Tuesday. Daytime temperatures will reach +4 ° C. That is, the temperature will be close to record values ​​for these February numbers. In the second half of the week the temperature will become slightly lower, about 0 ° C, slightly negative at night and -1 ... + 1 ° C during the day, it will be quite windy and damp. The established weather regime will more closely correspond to the transition period from March to April. Usually this weather happens in the last days of March. By the amount of snow, the weather is also closer to the March values, ”explained the source RT.

“Almost everywhere temperatures are above normal”

According to Anatoly Tsygankov, deputy head of the Roshydromet situational center, the abnormal temperature season of the winter of 2019/2020 remains.

“Another cyclone passes through the north, it pumps in warm air. If you look at the map of abnormal temperatures - both the Urals and Siberia - everywhere ... Only one Chukotka - there is the norm and below the norm, other regions - everywhere the temperatures are above the norm. These days in February - usually around 10-15 March the weather is as it is now, ”the meteorologist said in an interview with RT.

According to the Meteonews portal, the largest temperature records in the European part of Russia this winter were in the Smolensk region, where daily average values ​​exceed the climatic norm by 6-8 ° C.

At the same time, Siberia also became a “territory of abnormal heat”. It is noted that on February 15, the average daily air temperature turned out to be 6–8 ° C higher than long-term values, and on the Arctic coast, it was 16–18 ° C altogether.

An abnormal warm weather also stood out on this day and in the northern regions of Yakutia, the average daily air temperature exceeded the norm by 20-22 ° C, and in places by 26 ° C.

At the same time, Primorsky Krai was in the grip of a snow cyclone. Up to 8 mm of snow had already fallen there on Saturday.

“On Sunday and at the beginning of the new week, Primorye will remain in the grip of the cyclone and its atmospheric fronts. Starting from the southern half of the region, spreading eastward during the day, snowfalls of different intensity and duration will pass, in places they will be strong, snowstorms will break out, snow will roll on the roads, ”the message says.