Sharp Cold Wave to Hit Chelyabinsk Region

A sharp cold snap is forecast in the coming days in the Southern Urals. Nighttime temperatures could drop to -33°C (-27°F), the Chelyabinsk Hydrometeorological Center warned on Wednesday, 4 February.

«A frontal zone is currently affecting us,» explained Yekaterina Vykhodtseva, head of the meteorological forecasts department at the hydrometeorological center. «A cold front is located in a cyclone, and this cyclone is moving further northeast. In its wake, a cold Arctic air mass is spreading. This air mass will affect us over the next two days.»

Already tonight in Chelyabinsk, temperatures of -23°C to -25°C (-9°F to -13°F) are forecast, and on 5 February daytime temperatures of -15°C to -17°C (5°F to 1°F). Regionwide, overnight temperatures will be -21°C to -26°C (-6°F to -15°F), dropping to -33°C (-27°F) in clear spells; tomorrow daytime -13°C to -18°C (9°F to 0°F), and in mountains and lowlands down to -25°C (-13°F).

The cold spell will be quite short.

«Warming will come by the weekend,» the hydrometeorological center clarified.

Recall that in January the region experienced abnormal frosts. More details in the special report.