A photo from open sources Murmansk residents witnessed the rarest phenomenon – ice floes up to 5 cm thick covered more than 80% water areas of the ice-free Kola Bay. For the entire period meteorological observations in the region this happened only 6 times. Usually a branch Gulf Stream, falling into the Barents Sea, even in the coldest periods of time keeps the water temperature at the level of +3 … + 5 °, but at this once the Arctic cold overpowered the warm breath of the Atlantic. By irony of fate, the period of record frosts in the capital of the Arctic coincided with the end of the polar night. Sunday sun for the first time in this year appeared over Murmansk, and the columns of thermometers, also for the first time for 79 years of meteorological observations, dropped to -29.9 °. On Monday the frosts became a little weaker, but that was enough to break the record, held since 1999.
Note that frosts on the Kola Peninsula respond weather cataclysms throughout the European territory of Russia. On the eve of the Arctic anticyclone cooled the air in the Arctic to almost -38 °, at the same time atlantic cyclone arranged in St. Petersburg thaw up to + 2 °. It is easy to calculate that on a plot of 900 km there was a temperature contrast of 40 degrees, this is almost 4 times more than normal. The upward flows in zone of atmospheric fronts, and it is they who determine the density cloud cover, and, accordingly, precipitation intensity. On the eve of the capital fell already the 12th snowfall this year, it is interesting that in on average, only 11 of them happen in January.
The peak of bad weather fell at noon, due to snowstorm visibility worsened to 500-700 m, this created serious transport Problems. Eight airliners could not land in Vnukovo airport and went to neighboring Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo. Because of this rampant disaster, snowdrifts in Moscow have already left to the February level. For example, on the eve of the weather site in Tushino covered a layer of snow 32 cm thick, which is only 3 cm less than laid in the last month of winter. In general, in the XXI century the capital only once covered with higher snowdrifts – in 2002 Moscow was covered with snow even 37 cm. And in the coming days, this record seems to hold out. IN thaw on Wednesday-thursday in the capital, +1 … + 2 °, and, despite on precipitation, snowdrifts will settle. The weather will improve on Friday and slightly freezes to -1 °. And on the weekend again small snowfall, and at a day temperature of 0 …- 1 ° he will start again accumulate in the city. A freeze up in the Kola Bay will continue until Friday. Today-tomorrow daytime temperature -22 …- 24 ° instead of climatic -8 °, weakening is possible on Friday frosts down to -20 °. On weekends, due to the cyclone’s fault, snowfall will charge, and Sunday, the temperature regime will approach normal.
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