He told RIA Novosti about this.
“The week of thaw in Central Russia has practically eaten away the cold deviation of the average monthly temperature associated with the Christmas frosts, and already now there is a zero balance.
The final week of January in the region will be marked by mild frosts,” he said.
According to him, the air temperature will be 3-5 °C higher than the normal climatic norm.
He also noted that in the first half of the week the night temperature will fluctuate around -4...-9 °C, and around 0...-5 °C during the day.
“On Thursday, with the approach of the atmospheric front, light snow will fall in the evening, which will intensify a little on Friday, taking on a massive character associated with the North Atlantic cyclone, and will continue until Saturday night,” Tishkovets said.
Over the weekend, as the forecaster added, Muscovites will expect a slight cooling.
Earlier URA.RU reported that residents of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug were warned about a sharp jump in temperature over the weekend.