Overview
- This weekend stays overcast and 6–7°C warmer than normal in Moscow, with brief light precipitation and temperatures near 0 to +2°C.
- Forecasters issued a yellow hazard level from 21:00 to 09:00 for possible ice due to light precipitation and near‑freezing surfaces.
- Early next week brings wet snow followed by a polar air outbreak by midweek, with frosts around −9 to −14°C and a 2–3 cm snow cover forming.
- Preliminary New Year guidance points to snow in Moscow with light to moderate frost, from about −3 to −5°C in some models to near −10°C in colder scenarios, and a snow depth possibly 4–7 cm.
- Elsewhere, western Northwest Russia sees thaw and rain, while the north and the Urals brace for severe Arctic cold, including −38 to −43°C in northern Komi and down to −47°C in parts of the Yamal region.