In Moscow on April 2, 20 mm of precipitation fell, which is about 45% of the monthly norm. This was reported in the press service of the metropolitan meteorological bureau. Interfax.
According to data received at 6:00 from the weather station at VDNKh, 45% of the monthly rainfall fell in the city per day, this is 20 mm, despite the fact that the average climatic norm for Moscow in April is 44 mm.
Forecasters predict that the snowfall in the capital will last until Sunday evening, April 3. Until 9:00 in Moscow, the “orange” level of danger will operate. Temperatures are expected during the day from zero to plus 2 degrees, gusty winds at speeds up to 15 m/s and black ice. In the capital’s meteorological office, the worsening of the weather was explained by a powerful cyclone that came to Central Russia from the Balkans.
The forecaster told when the snowfall in Moscow will end
On the eve of April 2, Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading employee of the Phobos weather center, told RBC that from 6:00 Saturday to 18:00 Sunday, 25 mm of precipitation could fall in Moscow, which would be 60% of the monthly April norm.