Mikhail Leus, the leading expert of the Phobos meteorological center, announced that Moscow has updated the meteorological snow cover record to 39 centimeters. telegram channel.
“The height of the snow cover at the base meteorological station of the capital VDNKh reached 39 cm,” he wrote.
According to Leus, this was not only the highest value since the beginning of the autumn-winter period, but also the daily snow depth record updated for December 16. He announced that active hurricane Vanya, which broke all previous records, left Moscow and headed towards the northeast.
“The previous height of today’s snowdrifts was 33 cm and dated back to 1919,” the forecaster explained.
According to forecasts, snow will not fall in the coming days, on the contrary, it will melt, thicken and decrease under the influence of thaws and its own gravity.
Before that, Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo center saidIt was stated that the Russian capital was finally abandoned by Hurricane Vanya, which arrived this week and brought heavy snowfall. After that, a thaw will come to the city, the air will warm up to temperatures above zero.
Previously Moscow hit 104-year snow cover record.