"The ninth of May is such a day that the weather will improve, and it will improve by the hour," RIA Novosti quoted Vilfand as saying.

According to him, "very comfortable weather" is expected by the evening of May 9.

The forecaster clarified that the weather will be actively influenced on the morning of Victory Day, but what exactly will be known later.

Earlier, Yevgeny Tishkovets, a leading employee of the Phobos weather center, also spoke about the weather in Central Russia during the May holidays.