She told RIA Novosti about this.

“The episode of this winter is expected in Moscow on Thursday and Friday night (January 23 and 24. - RT ). Already today, in the evening the snow will begin, which will continue almost throughout the day of Thursday of varying intensity, ”she said.

At the same time, Pozdnyakova indicated that the frosty weather would last until around the middle of the day on the 24th, and in the second half the temperature would already begin to rise and would approach zero, while the snow cover would remain.

Earlier, the acting director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, said that the snowfall, which should begin on January 22, will lead to the formation of 4-cm snowdrifts in Moscow.

Head of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University Lomonosov Alexander Kislov, in an interview with Nation News, said under what conditions the cold will come to Russia.