The Russian Hydrometeorological Center has issued an emergency warning of severe heat in Moscow over the next three days.
“In the period June 25-27, intense heat is expected in Moscow (the temperature during the day is + 30 ... + 32 ° С),” the weather forecasters said.
According to the agency, anticyclonic weather will be established in the capital region: cloudy and dry, providing good daytime air heating.
At the same time, from June 26 to June 28, the temperature will be 4-5 °С above the climatic norm.
As the head of the Meteo prognostic center, Alexander Shuvalov, pointed out in an interview with RT, such temperature values \u200b\u200bwill remain at least until the beginning of July.
“It will be hot ... The weather that has been established since yesterday evening and shone with all colors today will most likely last until the very end of June,” the weatherman said.
According to the forecast of a specialist, warm sunny days without precipitation are expected in the Moscow region.
“I think that +31 °С is the maximum value that is possible during peak hours, it is somewhere around 15:00-17:00,” Shuvalov concluded.
The leading specialist of the Phobos Center, Yevgeny Tishkovets, speaking about the weather in the capital in the coming days, indicated that we are not talking about extreme heat.
“Well, what does heat mean?
It's just abnormal heat.
Secondly, +30 ° С in Moscow, the thermometers will cross only a couple of times.
Sunday and Monday.
This is not extreme heat.
Extreme heat is five days of +30...+35 °С sweltering heat.
And here for a couple of days, then a refreshing short rain and reset to a comfortable temperature, ”the forecaster emphasized.
According to him, a cold atmospheric front will pass on June 28, accompanied by fleeting local showers and thunderstorms: “The air temperature will drop from +28...+33°С to +24...+29°С and will continue to remain at this level” .
AGN "Moscow"
Moscow's city services have been put on high alert due to the heat, the press service of the city's municipal economy complex said.
“According to weather forecasts, extreme heat is expected in Moscow over the weekend and on Monday.
In this regard, city services have been put on high alert.
Control over power grid facilities has been strengthened, 1.5 thousand emergency teams of engineering companies and prefectures are on duty around the clock, which are equipped with specialized equipment and emergency sources of power supply, ”said Pyotr Biryukov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Communal Services and Improvement.
It is specified that the city authorities will also increase control over the condition of ventilation and cooling systems, power systems, batteries, other equipment at energy facilities, fire safety at city life support facilities, and will also increase the number of preventive inspections of power lines.
“City services continuously monitor the temperature and condition of the roadway.
If necessary, we will carry out aeration: in hot weather, it helps to cool not only the roadway, but also the air heated by the asphalt.
At night, from 21:00 to 06:00, we plentifully water trees, shrubs, flower beds and lawns, ”explained the press service of the Moscow city economy.
Legion Media
Until June 27, employees of the Central Suburban Passenger Company will distribute drinking water free of charge at train stations and stations, the Moskva city news agency reported, citing the carrier's press service.
Passengers will be able to take water free of charge at the departure points of the CPPK trains at Kursky, Kazansky, Belorussky, Yaroslavsky, Kievsky, Paveletsky, Savelovsky stations, as well as at the stations Mytishchi, Vykhino, Podolsk, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Lobnya, "Odintsovo" and "Tushinskaya".