In an interview with kp.ru, he noted that on February 5 in the capital, the temperature drops to -5 ° C, this will be the first record of the winter of 2020. He noted that Arctic colds are approaching Moscow.
“The cyclone will provide unhindered access of air of Arctic origin, and every day the minus will grow stronger. Today -3 ... -5 ° С, in some places light snow, on Thursday, February 6, we will return to the climatic channel, and for the first time this season it will be up to -7 ... -12 ° С at night, -3 ... -8 ° С, and then more: we’ll go down to the very bottom of the frosty well on the weekend, especially on the night from Saturday to Sunday, when in Moscow it will be -15 ° С, and in the region in the east, in places, up to -20 ° С, ”Tishkovets explained .
He recalled that there have not been such temperatures this season, despite the fact that this is the climatic norm.
The weather forecaster added that the cooling will affect the entire European part of Russia and the south of the country.
In Sochi, the thermometer columns will drop below 0 ° C, snowfall will pass, and ice is expected.
According to the forecasts of the meteorologist, cold air currents will recede at the beginning of next week. Atlantic air masses will return to the capital, which will bring warming and wet snow turning into rain.
Tishkovets emphasized that on the whole this winter has become record warm.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, in an interview with the 360 TV channel, warned the inhabitants of the European part of Russia about the cold snap to -15 ° С.