“First, air masses will come from the north, northwest, from the Barents Sea, from Scandinavia.
The further the cyclone moves to the east, the more severe the weather will be, since the air masses will move only from the north, and then from the northeast, ”RIA Novosti quotes Vilfand as saying.
It is noted that the cooling will start from the Northwestern and Central Federal Districts and will gradually spread to the central black earth regions, then to the Volga District.
Wilfand emphasized that the Urals and the Volga region will face the most dramatic temperature drop.
Earlier, the head of the department of short-term weather forecasts and dangerous phenomena of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Alexander Golubev, warned of a cold snap in a number of regions.