Overview
- Hydrometcenter’s Roman Vilyfand says a winter regime has not set in for the vast majority of regions, with temperatures running above normal through the end of the week.
- Southern Siberia is forecast 6–10°C above average, and the southern Far East including southern Yakutia, Amur and southern Khabarovsk is about 5–6°C above norms.
- In the northeast, forecasters expect severe cold: Yakutia down to −41…−43°C on November 22–23, Kamchatka at −33…−37°C during the workweek, and Chukotka near −36…−41°C through Friday.
- Northern Krasnoyarsk Krai will turn sharply colder Saturday through Monday to near −30°C after a brief warm spell, while Crimea and Krasnodar hold unusually mild at 19–23°C by day and 11–13°C at night, with Sochi up to 21–24°C by day.
- Moscow and Central Russia stay dry and near 0 to +3°C under an anticyclonic ridge, with Thursday similar, then a late‑week deterioration and snow cover beginning to rebuild from Sunday and especially Monday.