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[Regnum] Unfavorable weather conditions — showers, thunderstorms, and squally winds — are increasingly occurring in Moscow due to climate change. This was stated by leading specialist of the Meteonovosti news agency Tatyana Pozdnyakova.
"Due to global climate change, the weather in Moscow has undergone significant changes over the past 50 years. The average annual air temperature has increased by almost 3 degrees, winters are becoming milder. There are fewer persistent frosts and snowy winters. Summers are warmer, heat waves are coming more often (2010, 2021, 2023). Winters have become shorter, spring comes earlier, and summer lasts longer. At the same time, bursts of abnormal heat and sharp temperature changes have become the norm, not the exception," the forecaster told the Moscow agency.
Meanwhile, adverse and dangerous weather events are becoming more destructive. At the same time, according to Pozdnyakova, with the current level of development of science, it is possible to predict the occurrence of adverse and dangerous weather events only no more than five days in advance.
“But, judging by the manifestation of climate change in specific Moscow weather and our long-term forecasts, we need to prepare for it in advance,” she added.
This summer, Pozdnyakova notes, the air temperature in the capital will exceed the norm by 1–1.5 degrees.
“There is a high probability that even in the first month of summer the maximum air temperature will reach 30 degrees for several days,” she said.
At the same time, the amount of precipitation, according to her, will be less than normal. However, experts do not rule out that on some days the rains may be excessively intense.
At the same time, the " Nash Gorod " portal launched a seasonal project called "Safe Summer" aimed at increasing the safety of Moscow residents. This initiative was implemented due to the growing number of abnormal weather events. With the help of this portal, Muscovites can report dead wood, poorly secured advertising structures and road signs, as well as broken or leaning trees. This will give residents the opportunity to help services minimize the consequences of bad weather, protect the lives, health and property of city residents in the most simple, fast and effective way.
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