[Regnum] According to the forecast, six regions of Russia will face bad weather this weekend, with snowstorms and strong winds expected. This was warned on March 8 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand.
“In Bashkortostan on Saturday, heavy snow, blizzards, snow drifts and black ice are expected, in Udmurtia on Saturday and Sunday - heavy snow, blizzards, wind of 14-19 m/s, ice on the roads and snowdrifts,” he said.
The weather forecaster also said that on March 8, snowfalls will occur in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions, as well as in the Perm region. Strong winds, the speed of which will exceed 20 m/s, are expected in the Altai Republic and Novorossiysk, Vilfand told TASS.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on March 8, the leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus reported that warm weather is expected in Moscow in the next five days, with the average daily air temperature ranging from +4 to +7°C. This is 6–9°C higher than the climatic norm.
Leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets reported on March 7 that the snow in the capital had completely melted. According to the forecaster, due to record warmth, the line of snowdrifts had shifted 230–280 km east of Moscow. At the same time, snow cover remained in areas located further south: in Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and in the republics of the North Caucasus.