Overview
- Hydrometcenter scientific director Roman Vilfand said the country has entered a ‘winter mode,’ with no comfortable warmth expected even in southern regions and cooling spreading to Primorye.
- Weather hazards are escalating, with the Northwest facing rain and wet snow plus gusts up to 18 m/s, while Krasnodar Krai maintains a storm warning for downpours, thunderstorms, gusts to 20 m/s and a risk of sea‑borne waterspouts.
- Moscow remains cool and showery this week with rain returning Friday night into the weekend, and St. Petersburg’s chief forecaster expects the first overnight subzero readings around October 19 with local wet snow in eastern Leningrad Region.
- The Urals and West Siberia report mixed precipitation and sharp night cold, including forecast lows to minus 16 to minus 19 degrees in parts of Tyumen and Yamal under clear spells.
- Early‑season snow has already appeared in Udmurtia, Perm and Bashkiria, and despite cooling and periodic rain, authorities still flag elevated forest‑fire danger in parts of the Volga district such as Samara.