Overview
- The Hydrometcentre forecasts snow returning Saturday evening, potentially lasting through the night and into Sunday morning.
- Temperatures are expected at −4 to −2°C in Moscow and −7 to −2°C across the region, creating a risk of slick travel.
- The previous evening’s storm boosted snow depth by 11 cm, the largest increase since the start of the calendar winter, officials said.
- For the night of December 26, forecasters predicted light, possibly wet snow with about 1 cm of accumulation and northerly to northwesterly winds of 5–10 m/s with gusts up to 13 m/s.
- By December 31, the outlook calls for cloudy skies with light snow and a sharp freeze, with nighttime lows around −15 to −10°C and daytime readings of −11 to −6°C.