Meteorologist Tishkovets spoke about Epiphany frosts in Central Russia

“There will be traditional Epiphany frosts in Central Russia.

But they cannot be called extreme,” he said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.

According to him, on the night of January 18, the cooling of the air will intensify.

North wind, 4 - 9 m/s.

In Moscow on the night of January 19, -10...-12 ˚С is expected, in the region from -7 ˚С in the south to -20 ˚С in the north.

“In the afternoon of January 19 in Moscow from -7 to -9 ˚С, in the Moscow region -9 ... -12 ˚С.

During the week, the Russian winter will intensify the onslaught.

Snowdrifts will grow one and a half times, during working days in Central Russia up to half of the monthly rainfall will fall, ”Tishkovets predicts.

Formerly a senior researcher at the Main Geophysical Observatory named after V.I.

Voeikova, climatologist Andrey Kiselev, in an interview with NSN, spoke about the possible consequences of an increase in air temperature.