“Of the most serious problems that exist, it is very long and intense cold weather in Western Siberia and in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Anomalies over the next five days (the last two days of 2020 and the first days of January) will be 8-12 degrees with a minus sign in the Tyumen, Tomsk, Omsk and Novosibirsk regions, "TASS quoted Vilfand as saying.
The forecaster stressed the danger of this "powerful and strong wave of cold."
According to him, the abnormal cold in the coming days is also expected for residents of the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, where the temperature will be below normal by 4-6 degrees.
Earlier, Vilfand said that extremely cold weather - down to -50 ° С - is predicted in Western and Central Siberia by the end of this year.