The heaviest snowfall in more than half a century will occur in Moscow on December 15. Evgeniy Tishkovets, the leading expert of the Phobos meteorological center, reported this in his own report. telegram channel.
The forecaster said that under the influence of the Mediterranean hurricane, about 19-24 mm of precipitation will fall in Moscow on Friday, which will be about 40% of the monthly norm.
According to their calculations, such snowfalls have not been experienced in the capital on December 15 since 1966, when meteorologists recorded 17.3 mm of rainfall.
Tishkovets also emphasized that the upcoming snowfall could become a record in the entire history of meteorological observations.
The snowfalls will end by Sunday, December 17, and such prolonged snowfalls in mid-December have only been recorded in 2022 this century, he said.
11 December due to frost in Chelyabinsk It is cancelled lessons in schools.
Earlier, meteorologist Shuvalov predicted that the frequency of natural disasters in Russia will increase to increase.