Leading employee of the Phobos weather center, Evgeny Tishkovets, in an interview with RIA Novosti on Sunday, April 18, spoke about the return of autumn weather to Moscow with rains and sleet.
As the forecaster noted, a period of abnormally warm weather is coming to an end in Central Russia, and next week a real autumn will come to the region with the arrival of an active Balkan cyclone, writes the Federal News Agency.
According to the meteorologist, on Tuesday, April 20, precipitation in the form of rain and sleet is expected in the capital, and on Wednesday, April 21, up to half of the monthly precipitation rate is predicted – more than 25 mm, Ridus notes.
Tishkovets noted that on Tuesday night the air temperature will drop to 0 … + 5 degrees. In some areas, along with rain, short-term “splashes of wet snow” are not excluded. During the day, the thermometer will not rise above +10 degrees, which corresponds to the climatic norm for October, the site 360tv.ru notes.
Earlier on April 18, Tishkovets warned Muscovites about the “baric pit”. According to him, the weather in the capital next week will be accompanied by wind and sharp fluctuations in atmospheric pressure from 752 to 732 mm Hg. Art. By the end of the week it will get warmer up to plus 15 – plus 20 degrees, but then it will get colder again, writes RIAMO.