"It will be uncomfortable"

According to the Yandex Weather service, –9 ... –10 degrees.

An indicator that characterizes a change in pressure in space.

The air temperature in St. Petersburg on December 31 was held in the area of ​​+2 ... +3 degrees.

This week, a warming of up to +2 degrees will come to St. Petersburg, the main weather forecaster of the city Alexander Kolesov told Paper . Read in an interview when the temperature rises, whether there will be ice on the roads and whether Petersburgers should wait for dirt, slush and falls of icicles.

Alexander Kolesov

The main weather forecaster in St. Petersburg

How the temperature will change within a week

- Today [on Monday, January 9] will be cold , but from Tuesday, Petersburgers should expect a slow increase in air temperature.

At night, the usual cold temperature will still remain - the same –9 ... –10 degrees. On Tuesday, the temperature, despite the slow increase, will be in the area of ​​–3 ... –5 degrees. I think that by Thursday or Friday she will approach zero, before that she will stay in the range of 0 ... –2 degrees.

On weekends, there will be a plus temperature: on Saturday and Sunday they expect a weak thaw - 0 ...+2 degrees.

I hope warming will not last very long: maybe three days. It is impossible to calculate exactly, but this period can affect the weekend and the beginning of the next week - that's all.

Next week, more frosty weather should be established again - in the area –5 ... –7 degrees. Maybe in the region there will be up to –10 degrees somewhere.

How to feel warming and wait for snow and wind

- [This week to Petersburgers] will be uncomfortable, the heat list will decrease. Despite the fact that the temperature will increase, I would not say that the weather will be good.

The wind will weaken only to the weekend [January 14-15], when the next atmospheric front will already pass and the baric gradient over St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region will decrease. Until the weekend [in St. Petersburg] there will be a southeastern and southern wind, and quite fresh-7-12 meters per second.

In addition, we are waiting for snow, even moderate, in the city and the region. Precipitation will also be periodically - January 11 and 12. Wet snow can go closer to the weekend, January 13-14, since the temperature will then be slightly positive.

What will happen on the roads and sidewalks

- Petersburgers should be afraid of the fall of icicles, especially with a thaw. The roofs [houses] are still warm in themselves, so the snow and ice will begin to thaw. True, there should not be large volumes of snow on them, since before that serious snowfalls have not passed in the city.

If [after the thaw] temperature remains in the range of +1 ... +2 degrees, then there should not be a deplorable state [on the roads]. For its appearance, it is necessary that there is a higher temperature (as in the New Year ) and it rains. And you should not wait for an increase in temperature and rain.

But in St. Petersburg, dirt and slush on the roads always appear when snow passes and cars roll it.

Holly [this week] will appear after the fallen snow is stuck on the sidewalks. When zero and plus come, the sidewalks and roads will become more slippery and wet.

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