According to the expert, cold temperatures are expected in Moscow in the coming days.
“On Wednesday the temperature will return to normal, but will not stay in this state for long and will begin to move into the zone of abnormal cold. On Wednesday afternoon it will still be -4...-6 °C with light snow. This coming night in Moscow the frosts may intensify down to -10 °C. On Thursday and Friday a more serious cold snap will come. On Thursday night in Moscow the temperature is -12...-13 °C, in the region -11...-16 °C. On Thursday afternoon in Moscow -9...-11 °C. The weather will be clear. There will be very little snow in some places, and the roads will remain icy,” Ilyin warned.
He noted that the coldest nights will fall on Friday and Saturday.
“On Friday night, temperatures of -18...-23 °C are expected in Moscow. During the daytime it will also be very cold -10...-15 °C degrees. But the sun will often appear in the sky. Saturday night is also cold, but not as cold as Friday -16...-21 °C. And during the day there is already a more significant warming -7...-12 °C. Another wave of warm air will arrive on Sunday. And despite the fact that at night it will still be frosty -11...-16 °C, during the day the maximum temperatures will rise to -5...0 °C,” the specialist added.
He also warned of an increase in atmospheric pressure over the coming weekend.
“Tomorrow the pressure will be somewhere around 720 mmHg. And then, as the intervening time progresses, it will begin to rise and will rise to 742 mmHg around Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, its growth will continue and exceed
750 mmHg on Sunday. The growth will stop there,” concluded RT’s interlocutor.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, spoke about the rare “winter heat” in the Urals and Western Siberia.