The ice pack will arrive in Moscow ten days earlier than usual. In this respect TASS said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center.
“This year, the ice cover on the rivers of the Moscow region is expected to disappear by the beginning of the third decade of March; This is 8-10 days earlier than long-term average values. “The average opening date of the river is March 22, this applies to both the south and north of the Moscow region,” he said.
Ice drift in some parts of Moscow will begin on Tuesday, March 19. In other places, this phenomenon will begin between March 20 and March 27.
Water levels may be exceeded in many regions, especially in Moscow and the Oka region, Serpukhov, Beloomut and Kolomna regions in the Moscow region. Here the water will rise 2-4 meters higher than normal.
Before that, Muscovites saidWhen meteorological spring begins in the city.
On the weekends of March 16 and 17, the capital will experience cloudier weather with no precipitation.
Previous weather forecasters in the name The timing of the disappearance of snowdrifts in Moscow.