“The reason is the anticyclone, because of which the cyclone over the Mediterranean does not have access to the Black Sea, which could bring precipitation ... Until the anticyclone is destroyed, you should not wait for precipitation. Until November 22-23, we do not expect precipitation, ”RIA Novosti quoted Varakin as saying.

He also noted that the absence of precipitation for almost a month is a rather rare occurrence.

“The last such phenomenon was observed in 2012, even earlier it was in 1978 and 1982,” the weather forecaster added.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned of deteriorating weather in the Crimea.

It was noted that the north-east wind is expected to increase to 17–22 m / s on the peninsula.

State Duma deputy, former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko, in an interview with URA.RU, gave recommendations on how not to get sick under conditions of a sharp change in temperature.