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Anomalously cold weather is expected in Moscow from December 3
Direct Translation via Goggle Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A noticeable cold snap will come to Moscow on December 3 with the air temperature dropping to 13 degrees below zero, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand told reporters .

“Starting December 3, a noticeable cooling is expected - temperatures are 5-8 degrees below normal. On Sunday night, minus 8–13 degrees is predicted, during the day – minus 5–9 degrees, on Monday [December 4] day and night – minus 8–13 degrees,” the forecaster said in an interview with TASS.

The expert noted that on December 5 at night the temperature may drop to minus 17 degrees. According to him, in the coming days, according to preliminary information, no warming is expected.

Vilfand emphasized that the indicated temperature is atypical not only for Moscow, but also for more northern regions. The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center explained that such weather is usually observed in this territory in January.

He also recalled that if the air temperature drops seven degrees or more below normal, then we are talking about a dangerous phenomenon and a warning about very cold weather is issued.

As Regnum reported, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the Moscow weather bureau , previously stated that November 2023 will be one of the three “snowiest” for the entire period of weather monitoring in the Russian capital. She clarified that the height of snow cover in the city will be 22–24 cm, which was observed in 1977 and 1985.

On November 29, Maria Abunina , an employee of the IZMIRAN Space Weather Forecast Center, informed that in the coming days, Moscow residents will be able to see the aurora . She said that the cause of this phenomenon will be one of the strongest magnetic storms of 2023.


Posted by: badanov 2023-12-01
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