Cooling has come to the regions of the European part of Russia. According to Tatyana Pozdnyakova, the chief specialist of the Moscow Meteoburo, the metropolitan region "is already in the cold air mass," the flow of cold air will continue in the coming days.

“On Wednesday (April 15. - RT ), the temperature at night will already be negative again. Precipitation in the form of rain and wet snow is not excluded, ”said Pozdnyakova.

According to the meteorologist, strong weather changes should not be expected until the end of the week. During the day, light rain is possible, it will be quite windy.

According to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center, winds of up to 18 m / s are expected in some areas of the Central District. On the territory of this region "from west to east will move the cold atmospheric front of the cyclone centered over Karelia."

The leading specialist of the Phobos weather center, Mikhail Leus, said in an interview with RT that the coming days and upcoming weekends in the metropolitan area will be accompanied mainly by cloudy weather.

“Sometimes it will rain, at night in some areas of the city light snow is possible, and the most intense precipitation is expected on April 14, 16 and 18. The temperature background at night will drop to light frosts, ”said the weather forecaster.

According to the forecast of the weather center “Phobos”, during the week the readings of thermometers will not exceed + 4 ... + 9 ° С.

Leus also emphasized that "such values ​​are about 3-4 degrees behind the climatic norm."

Easter weekend

Directly on April 19, when Orthodox Russians will celebrate Easter, pretty comfortable weather is expected in the metropolitan area. This was stated by the supervisor of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand.

“There is an idea that on Easter day the weather improves significantly. However, on Easter it can rain, it can be very hot, and the most comfortable weather is diverse. This time the temperature will be around +10 ° C, this is completely normal, ”said Villefand.

“But now we are forbidden to go outside, and for nature it's good weather. Or maybe so that we observe the regime of self-isolation, ”added Pozdnyakova, for her part.

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The Russian Orthodox Church said that believers on a holiday weekend do not have to go to church, they can perform the traditional consecration of Easter cakes, eggs and cottage cheese Easter.

“In the context of the spread of coronavirus infection, given that many parishioners will not have the opportunity to personally visit churches on Easter day ... believers who remain at home can bless the Easter cakes and Easter at home,” the Patriarch’s coordinating working group said in a statement. church institutions in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection.

At the same time, divine services in churches of Moscow and the Moscow Region will be held from April 13 to 19, but without the participation of parishioners. In addition, in the metropolitan area previously reported the closure of visiting cemeteries. During the period of self-isolation, only burial services and participation in the funeral are allowed.

Waiting for warming

The leading specialist of the Phobos weather center, Mikhail Leus, warned that the cooling that had begun in the metropolitan area “would be delayed for quite some time.”

“The fact is that the cyclone that caused it goes to the northern part of European Russia, where it will slow down and stay in this region almost until the beginning of the third decade of April,” the meteorologist said.

Thus, according to his assessment, the residents of the capital region should count on a change in the nature of the weather and an increase in temperature only at the beginning of the third decade of April.

In Siberia, on the contrary, there has been a warming. The promotion of a cyclone with an atmospheric front is holding back the Siberian anticyclone, according to the site of the Hydrometeorological Center. Precipitation in the Sverdlovsk Region is possible, but not heavy, by April 16, the air will warm up to + 17 ° С during the day. Gradual warming is also expected in the Perm region and in the Chelyabinsk region.