Warming in Yekaterinburg: When Will the Frosts Subside?

After a period of abnormally low temperatures in the Urals, a warming trend will set in. As early as this weekend, the air in Yekaterinburg will warm up to -5 degrees Celsius (23°F).

«On Thursday, 5 February, the peak of the cold snap falls on Sverdlovsk Oblast. The core of the upper-level cold is passing through the Middle Urals, shifting northeastward under the influence of a vast cyclone centered off the coast of the Barents Sea. In the cold air, a ridge of high atmospheric pressure is forming, oriented east of the main cyclone through the Middle Volga region and the Southern Urals. The influence of the ridge is causing a temperature inversion in Sverdlovsk Oblast and additional cooling of the surface air layers. However, the anticyclone will retreat sufficiently quickly southward and eastward, the inversion will break down, and warming will begin across the region already on the night leading into Friday,» noted Alexey Pulin, author of the Telegram channel «Weather in Yekaterinburg.»

The weather forecast for Yekaterinburg from the Hydrometcenter (Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Roshydromet) for the remainder of the week includes the following data:

The Sverdlovsk Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) earlier issued an emergency weather warning for 5 February. On Thursday, strong winds are forecast in some areas of the region.