The Russians promised mild summer after the anomalous winter

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Employee Main geographical Observatory named after Voeikov Andrey Kiselev predicted the city’s mild summer after the unusually warm winter. It is reported portal Ura.ru.

the Climate scientist believes that the temperature this summer will be average or slightly below average. He emphasized that a pattern of abnormally warm winters and moderately warm in the next summer has already been confirmed long-term data.

Kiselev also suggested that snowless winter is fraught with the fact that the soil will not be a sufficient amount of moisture for agriculture is a significant factor. He added that in the case of a sharp drop in temperature, plants may die.

Specialist of the center weather “Phobos” Eugene Tiscover previously reported that Saturday was set a new temperature record. Thus, the week was broken five records.

on the Eve of the air on the capital’s main weather station in that region was heated to 6.7 degrees. Was beaten temperature record of the day established February 22, 1990. Then in Moscow were recorded +6.6 degrees.

Earlier, the chief specialist of the Moscow Weather Bureau Tatyana Pozdnyakova said that in late February, the citizens will see the abnormally warm weather. It is expected that the thermometer will rise above plus of five degrees.

Before that, about the reasons for the unusually warm winter, expressed the scientific Director of the hydrometeorological center of Russia Roman Vilfand. He noted that the weather associated with air masses from the Atlantic, which supplanted the cold is coming from Siberia.

Head of the laboratory of hydrometeorological center of Russia Lyudmila Parshina said that in Moscow in the first month of spring, the projected temperature near normal or slightly above. At night there is frost to -5 degrees, and in the afternoon the air will warm up to 6 degrees Celsius.

this March can repeat the scenario 1984, when the temperatures mostly fluctuated around the zero mark and only on some days increased to plus 5-6 degrees Celsius.

Snow in Moscow has melted by early March

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