Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Karelia and Archangelsk expect severely cold weather.
[REGNUM] Arkhangelsk, Magadan regions, Karelia and Chukotka will find themselves in the epicenter of abnormal cold by the end of the working week. This was announced on December 7 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand.
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According to the specialist, in the European part of Russia, the most intense anomalies in freezing temperatures will be observed in the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia. By the end of the working week, temperatures in these regions will be 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm.
In the Arkhangelsk region -20 ... -21 degrees is expected, in Karelia the thermometer will drop to -18 ... -23 degrees.
The most noticeable drops in temperature in the Asian part of the country will be observed in the Magadan Region and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In these regions, the temperature is 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm, but frosts are expected to be stronger than in the European part of Russia, down to -48… -49 degrees.
Earlier IA REGNUM reported that, according to forecasts, severe cold weather from the north-west of the European part of Russia will not reach Moscow and the Moscow region.
Bad weather delays flight in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
[REGNUM] Unfavorable weather conditions on the Kamchatka Peninsula have led to a long delay in the departures of seven flights of local airlines from the airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo). This follows from the data on the online scoreboard of the airport of the capital of the region as of 10:45 local time (01:45 Moscow time) on December 8.
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Currently, the list of delayed flights to Ust-Kamchatsk, Nikolskoye, Ossora, Ozernaya, Tigil, Sobolevo, Ust-Khairyuzovo. The first two flights cannot take off from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from 25 November. On Tigil and Sobolevo - from December 2 and 3, respectively.
Recall that the last few days the weather in Kamchatka has been under the influence of a cyclone, which caused heavy rainfall and increased wind. An avalanche danger has been declared in the mountainous regions of the peninsula.
Record snowfall covers Moscow - photo report
[REGNUM] On December 7, there was a heavy snowfall in Moscow. Over the past day, almost a quarter of the monthly precipitation rate fell in the capital, forming 15-centimeter snowdrifts.
The last time that much rain fell was in 1949. Then at the base weather station VDNKh recorded 12.7 millimeters of atmospheric moisture, which until now was the maximum indicator for all time.
City utilities are working to clear snow from roads.