Take out your umbrellas, an extreme thaw is coming: the snow will melt, Russia will drown in puddles

In the last days of December, the temperature in the European part of Russia will fluctuate around zero, and on New Year's Eve it is expected to drop to minus five degrees, said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center. He said such weather could force people to celebrate the New Year in the rain as temperatures could remain above freezing throughout the day. This phenomenon is due to the fact that at the end of the year these regions experience abnormally warm weather, which is a deviation from the usual winter norms.

According to forecasts, during the last days of December, temperatures in the European part, as well as in the Urals and Siberia, will be above average for this time of year. At the same time, the situation in the Far East is completely different: frosts caused by…