Overview
- Russia’s weather service set a yellow weather hazard for Moscow and the region through 09:00 on January 12 due to snow and ice, with the night’s peak expected between 03:00 and 06:00 as snow depth could grow by about 4 cm.
- After 09:00 the snowfall is expected to ease, with 2–3 mm of additional precipitation and up to 4 cm of new snow in the city by evening, according to updated Hydrometcenter guidance.
- Over the past 24 hours the region received roughly 20% of January’s normal precipitation—5 mm at VDNH, 7 mm at Balchug—while another 2–3 mm is possible during the day, forecasters said.
- City services report ongoing round‑the‑clock cleanup: about 145,000 personnel and more than 15,000 machines are deployed, nearly 1 million cubic meters of snow have been collected, and roughly 0.75 million cubic meters sent to snow‑melting sites; residents are urged to use public transport.
- Authorities warn that additional accumulation could reach 12–16 cm in the coming days, even as this system is weaker than the January 9 storm that set a daily record of 21.4 mm and ranked among the five strongest in 146 years.