Overview
- Hydrometcenter chief Roman Vilfand forecasts a 7–10°C temperature drop and a rapid shift to a winter regime in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East during the first ten days of November.
- Hazardous conditions in Siberia and the Far East include heavy rain, snow, icing and winds up to 35 m/s, with hurricane-force gusts possible in mountainous and coastal sectors.
- Northern areas face the sharpest cold, with expected lows around −35 to −36°C in Yakutia, −32 to −34°C in Chukotka and about −27 to −29°C in parts of Magadan and northern Kamchatka.
- Regional forecasts for the Urals flag snow, wet-snow accretion, icy roads and night temperatures down to roughly −20 to −24°C in places, with Yamal and Khanty-Mansiysk near −19 to −22°C. Moscow remains relatively warm near +8 to +10°C this week, though brief night frosts were recorded in the region (to −2°C in Cherusti) and at 0°C in Butovo, with meteorological winter still expected around mid-November.