"A small snowball in Moscow on New Year's Eve, less than 0.5 mm, no more. The two air masses are so close to each other. Warm with positive temperatures and very cold with temperatures down to -20 ° C. Moscow will be located just in the transition zone," the forecaster believes.
He stressed that "it is still difficult to name the exact temperature on New Year's Eve."
"Back on Wednesday, they gave a forecast that it would be -1...-5 °C, then yesterday, according to calculations, the temperature dropped to -10 °C. Today, if you look, -4...-8 °C is predicted again. It is possible that the weather will change," Ilyin warned.
Earlier, the head of the Meteo forecasting center, Alexander Shuvalov, predicted temperature drops in Moscow.