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| Russia Weather News Roundup |
| 2023-12-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Residents of 21 regions of Russia were warned about “super-Siberian frosts” [Regnum] Vilfand warned of “super Siberian frosts” in 21 regions of Russia This coming weekend, a number of Russian regions will be in the grip of severe frosts, in some the thermometers will drop to minus 50 degrees. This will affect the center and south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, reported this to TASS. Is AlGore in the region? “The center and south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory expect frosts even down to minus 50 degrees. Usually cold weather is compared to Siberian frosts, but it turns out that these are super Siberian frosts,” he said. The meteorologist added that in a number of areas the temperature will drop to minus 35–38 degrees. This will affect 21 regions in the Northwestern, Central and Siberian Federal Districts. According to him, frosts of up to 40 degrees will be recorded in all regions of the north-west of the country. In the center of Russia, in particular in the Kostroma region, the air temperature will drop to minus 35 degrees. At the same time, the north of the Volga region, Kirov region and Perm region will be affected by 40-degree frosts. Speaking about Yakutia, where temperature records are often recorded, Vilfand clarified that temperatures down to minus 45 degrees are expected there over the weekend. Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions and Altai Territory will record frosts of 40 degrees below zero in the coming days. As reported by Regnum news agency , Muscovites were warned about a three-day snowstorm and half-meter snowdrifts. A blizzard will hit the capital on December 12, which will last three days. The height of the snowdrifts in some places will reach 50 cm. Wind gusts of up to 15 m/s are expected until December 14 inclusive. More from regnum.ru Muscovites warned about a three-day snowstorm and half-meter snowdrifts [Regnum] On December 12, Moscow will be covered by a snowstorm that will last three days, and the height of the snowdrifts in some places will reach half a meter,scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand told the Moscow agency. “Until Thursday inclusive, wind gusts are predicted to reach 15 m/s, so tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday there will be snowstorms in places ,” he said. Vilfand noted that housing and communal services employees and motorists will have difficulties due to large snowdrifts, which may be uneven due to strong winds, the forecaster added. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, the height of snowdrifts will reach 13–20 cm, and by the end of the week in some places it will be up to 45–50 cm. Vilfand said that the record height of snowdrifts in the capital in the period from December 13 to 16 was recorded in 1919 (32–33 cm) and 1941 (36 cm). The air temperature in Moscow, according to the forecast, will be about minus 4–7 degrees, at night it will drop to minus 6–10 degrees. As Regnum reported , Phobos weather center specialist Evgeny Tishkovets also warned on December 10 that a record amount of snow would fall in Moscow this week. According to the center, by December 15, a month's worth of precipitation will fall in the capital in just a few days . He warned that Friday is expected to set a daily record for this indicator on record. Tishkovets also said that November and early December were the snowiest in the history of the Russian capital. The snowfall that came to Moscow updated the 71-year-old record. |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-12 23:59 |
| #2 Let me know when Russian semitrucks complete vanish under giant snow drifts and drivers spend 5 days buried in them. |
| Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612 2023-12-12 20:40 |
| #1 Meters to Feet Conversion Moscow will be covered by a snowstorm that will last three days, and the height of the snowdrifts in some places will reach half a meter 0.5 m = 1.64042 ft Just about deep as my muck boots are high. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-12 15:25 |