At the end of the first month of winter, the long-awaited snow fell in Moscow. According to weather forecasts, during the day it may melt a little, as the thermometer columns will rise slightly above zero. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, on December 31, 0 ... + 2 ° C is expected. On New Year's Eve, precipitation may again fall.
“On the night of January 1 - RT , we expect a cold front, so the temperature will go negative and precipitation will go in the form of short charges of snow,” said Yevgeny Tishkovets, chief specialist at the Phobos Weather Center.
At the same time, the wind intensified in the capital, while its gusts will sharply change direction. Utilities switched to enhanced mode of operation. Acting Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand proposed calling this phenomenon anemorumbometric saw.
“Anemo - characterizes the wind speed, rumbo - the direction. Indeed, in the coming days in the Moscow region the wind direction and its speed will change - up to 18 m / s, ”the meteorologist told reporters during a press conference.
Due to the worsening weather in the morning of December 31, the departure of airliners was difficult at the airports of the capital. According to the service Yandex. Schedule ”, at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo, 63 flights were delayed and two were canceled.
Wind and pressure drops
Leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus explained that the wind speed will range from 5 m / s to 10 m / s, gusts of up to 15-18 m / s are possible in places.
“Toward evening, the temperature will begin to drop gradually, ice is forming, at midnight in the capital 0 ... + 2 ° C, it is still windy,” the meteorologist told RT.
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According to him, windy weather is due to the presence of an active Atlantic cyclone in the warm part. He brought to the capital rainfall in the form of wet snow, passing bridges in the rain.
Leus warned that sharp pressure drops would occur in Moscow and the region in the near future.
“The sharp fluctuations in atmospheric pressure await today (December 31. - RT ) Muscovites and guests of the capital. In the morning, the pressure will drop, its value will drop to around 730 mm Hg. Art, which is almost 20 units below the norm, ”said weather forecasters.
Meanwhile, on the morning of January 1, pressure will begin to rise. According to estimates of the Hydrometeorological Center, it will increase by more than 10 units. Drops of 20 units are expected in Kazan, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod.
Snow forecast
According to the Moscow weather bureau’s estimates, snow cover from 2 to 4 cm high formed in the capital on December 30. Leading specialist of the bureau Tatyana Pozdnyakova explained to RT that elevated temperatures and precipitation in the form of shallow drizzle will “negatively affect the snow cover, it will condense and to thaw. "
“We will have a decrease in temperature just in the hours of the change of years, that is, around one in the morning. To us colder air will begin to flow, it will freeze. As for rainfall on the first day, a little snow is also possible there, ”Pozdnyakova added.
The night of January 2 will be more frosty, while possible precipitation will favorably affect the formation of snow cover. In the next few days, the weather will not change much.
“It will be wet snow and rain. The snow cover will be unstable and the temperature will be about zero degrees during the day and night hours, ”said the weather forecaster.
Earlier and. about. Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand in a long-term forecast noted that snow in Moscow should not be expected until the second half of January. According to him, the first snowfall is expected in mid-January, but it is impossible to give an exact date.
“The first snowfall is always unexpected, we will warn about it two to three days before the onset,” said Villefand.
In the meantime, weather forecasters predict that on the first day of the new year, the thermometer columns will fall to -1 ...- 3 ° С. According to Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather Center, the situation will not change much on January 2. During the day, the air temperature warms up to 0 ... + 2 ° C. According to him, "January 3 will take place in approximately the same gradations, the weather will be cloudy with little precipitation."
On January 4 and 5, according to the estimate of the Hydrometeorological Center, atmospheric pressure will be lowered, the wind will blow southwest. During the day, fluctuations in the range of -3 ... + 2 ° С are expected in the capital.