More than half of the monthly rainfall fell in Moscow in less than two days

During the night, 17 mm of precipitation fell in Moscow, since mid-Saturday the increase was 30 mm, Interfax was told at the Moscow weather bureau. The Phobos weather center told RIA Novosti that over the past 12 hours, 18 mm of precipitation had been recorded at the base weather station at VDNKh.

Over the past two days, it has been sleet in the city first, then rain. “In less than two days, more than half of the monthly rainfall, which totals 56 mm, fell in the city,” the city weather bureau specified. They expect that today, December 12, the rain in Moscow will continue.

Department of Transport recommends Muscovites in the evening to transfer to public transport. By forecast Hydrometeorological Center, in the capital it will be 2-4°C (in the Moscow region 0-5°C). On December 13, the temperature is expected to drop to 1…–1 °С (in the region 2…–3°С), sleet and sleet are also predicted.

During the day, the increase in snow in certain areas of the city made up more than 16 cm. Due to rain at Moscow airports, 59 flights were delayed by morning, 8 canceled. hydrometeorological center warnedthat in the first half of the week heavy precipitation is expected throughout the European part of Russia.

Laura Keffer