Overview
- Moscow saw wet snow overnight into Saturday with temperatures near 1°C, a temporary snow cover, and up to roughly 20% of the monthly precipitation recorded at some stations after an MChS warning through 10:00.
- The Hydrometcenter forecast 8–15 mm of precipitation and up to 4 cm of snow growth for Moscow and the region, cautioning about black ice and wet-snow accretion; city services moved to heightened readiness.
- St. Petersburg registered its first snow Friday evening, with heavy snowfall reported in southern districts where accumulation briefly coated grass and parked cars.
- Regional hydromet services and MChS flagged gusts of 12–17 m/s, wet snow and icing across parts of the Central Federal District, while Arctic and northwest areas face snow and storm-force winds locally up to 30–35 m/s along the Nenets coast.
- Forecasters expect a sharp Siberian warmup from November 17 of about 20–25°C to near −4°C by day, note sustained Atlantic influence keeping much of Asian Russia unusually mild, and place a 65–68% probability on a winter that is colder than last year yet still warmer than the long-term norm.