In the coming days, temperatures in the Urals and Siberia are expected to be 12-15 degrees above normal. This was reported by TASS Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center.
He called such a sharp warming in December “crazy” and said it was unreasonable for late December in these regions.
“The weather is very hot, it will be extremely hot in the Urals, Western and Central Siberia. Vilfand stated that it would be close to records.
According to the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, up to plus 3 degrees is expected in the Kurgan, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk regions, and about 0 degrees in the Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tomsk regions. Even in Taimyr the thermometer will rise to minus 10 degrees, and in the Turukhansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to minus 5 degrees.
The meteorologist explained that this warming is associated with the movement of air masses from the Atlantic. He emphasized that hot weather will cover most of Russia from the middle of the week.
Russian scientists in the Arctic before was recorded mirages and a white rainbow in one day.