Overview
- Russia’s Hydrometcenter set a yellow weather danger level for Moscow and the Moscow Region due to expected morning ice on Friday, with mixed rain and snow and local slick roads.
- Forecasters report snow, rain and blizzards across much of the Northwestern Federal District on Friday, with strong winds in Murmansk and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and gusts up to 21 m/s in Kaliningrad.
- Regional centers in the Urals warned on Thursday of snow and wet snow, icy conditions and wind gusts reaching 22 m/s in parts of Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Tyumen, Yugra and Yamalo‑Nenets.
- True winter cold is confined to the far northeast, with forecasts of −41 to −43°C in Yakutia on Nov. 22–23, −33 to −37°C in Kamchatka and −36 to −41°C in Chukotka.
- Hydrometcenter chief Roman Vilfand highlights persistent warm anomalies in southern Siberia and the southern Far East, with some central and northern areas expected to see sharp temperature drops later in the weekend.