Overview
- Snow in the capital is forecast to begin after 18:00 MSK on December 27, peak around midnight, and add roughly 6 cm to the snowpack with temperatures near −4 to −2°C.
- Hydrometcenter set a yellow weather-danger level for Moscow from 20:00 MSK December 27 to 10:00 MSK December 28, with a similar alert in the Moscow region starting at 18:00 MSK.
- Moscow authorities urged residents to postpone car trips, use public transport, and drive cautiously on bridges and overpasses as traffic patrols monitor roads.
- Crimea and Krasnodar Krai are under warnings for very heavy precipitation, ice accretion, blizzards, and strong winds reaching 25–30 m/s on coasts and up to 30–35 m/s in the mountains, including intense rain and wet snow in Sochi and Sirius.
- Crimea recorded the first lowland snow with intermittent snowfall expected through December 30 and risks to ground and sea transport, while forecasters also flag strong snow on December 28 in parts of Tula, Bryansk, Kaluga, and the Moscow region and a much colder New Year’s night in Moscow near −15 to −10°C.