The second month of winter is approaching the end, however, residents of the central part of Russia still have not waited for the usual frosts. However, the supervisor of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand told RT that February could pleasantly please the residents of Russia. According to him, the first decade of the month will still be warm, but then a drop in temperature is expected.

“In February, in central Russia, it is expected that the temperature will be noticeably lower than in January, which happens infrequently. We predict that in the second five-day period, starting on the fifth day, there will be a decrease in temperature to -7 ...- 10 ° С, ”the meteorologist noted.

Daytime temperatures will become steadily negative, deviations from the norm will continue, but they will no longer be as significant as in the previous winter months.

“And although these drops, against the backdrop of abnormally warm weather, seem crazy, in fact, the temperature will still be 3-4 degrees above the norm,” Wilfand explained.

According to the forecast of the Hydrometeorological Center, in late January, the European part of the country will be covered with snow. The precipitation was brought to the region by an active cyclone, which formed over the south-west of Russia. In the coming days, it will move through the Central Federal District from the southwest to the northeast, bringing snow, sometimes turning into rain. Ice is also possible, wet snow sticking, fog and wind with gusts of up to 12-17 m / s. Precipitation in the form of wet snow has already passed in the Voronezh, Tambov, Bryansk and Smolensk regions. On average, 6 to 10 mm of snow fell.

  • Public service employees during snow removal near the building of Moscow State University on Sparrow Hills in Moscow
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Moscow February

The last winter month in the capital will be rather mild, although a slight drop in temperature is expected. According to the forecast of the Moscow Meteuro Bureau, Atlantic cyclones will determine the general nature of the weather. They will pass north of the capital's latitudes, so Moscow will fall into their warm sectors.

“On the first, second and third of February there will be no significant changes in the nature of the weather. Precipitation is expected mainly in the form of snow. The air temperature remains nine degrees above the climatic norm, ”explained Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the bureau, to RT.

According to her, at night on Saturday and Sunday it is possible to lower the temperature to -2 ...- 4 ° С. Daytime temperature will fluctuate around +0 ... + 2 ° С.

Closer to Tuesday, February 4, cool air will begin to penetrate the metropolitan area. At night, the thermometer columns will not rise above zero, during the day the indicators will fluctuate within -1 ...- 3 ° С.

“It is expected that a little frosty weather will continue for almost the entire next week. It’s hard to say for long periods. In any case, we will have snow and light frosts, ”concluded Pozdnyakova.

Earlier, Wilfand in an interview with TASS advised Muscovites not to comfort themselves with hopes for a “real winter”, despite the cold snap.

  • Locals during a severe frost in Omsk
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Real winter in Siberia

A completely different situation in Siberia. It was freezing weather.

The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand warned that, according to weather forecasters, in February the temperature in this part of Russia is expected to be significantly lower than in January.

“In middle Siberia and Yakutia, the deviation from the norm in January averaged more than ten degrees, 10-12 degrees above the norm. In February, the temperature background is projected significantly lower. But the first days of the month, of course, will still be warm, ”explained Wilfand RT.

Moreover, according to the weather forecaster, the distribution of snow will be uneven. In most of Chukotka, the east of Yakutia and the Khabarovsk Territory, a deficit of precipitation is expected, and in Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatia and Tyva, on the contrary, there will be more snow.

In the coming days, frost will increase in the central regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. As reported on the site of the Hydrometeorological Center, "February will begin with frosts at night in places up to -35 ° C, in the daytime up to -28 ° C."

The frost will increase in the southern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. By early February, at night, the temperature will reach -35 ° С in places, and -25 ° С in the afternoon. In the Irkutsk region, at night it is forecasted to be -35 ...- 40 ° С at night, during the day -16 ...- 21 ° С. In Taimyr, at night, -40 ...- 45 °, in Evenkia to -43 ° at night, in Turukhansky district to -48 °.