"The colder ridge of the anticyclone from the north-east will gradually begin to influence the capital, and this will cause a gradual decrease in temperature on the pre-Christmas days," Leus quotes NSN.

He noted that Christmas frosts may come to the capital by January 7.

According to him, the first three to four days of 2021 will be influenced by warm and humid Atlantic air.

Earlier in Moscow and the region was declared a "yellow" level of weather hazard due to icy conditions.