This weekend, Ukrainians should not expect warmth. The weather forecast for tomorrow predicts cold conditions, with biting gusts of wind, occasional wet snow, and temperatures dropping even lower on Sunday, reported forecaster Natalia Didenko.
According to her, the temperature will drop to -2...-5 degrees Celsius overnight on January 4, while in the southeast it will range from 0 to +3.
During the day, cold weather is expected: in the western and northern regions, temperatures will hover around -1...-3 degrees Celsius, in the center and east from -1 to +2, and in the south, it will warm up to +2...+7.
Wet snow will fall across all of Ukraine, with rain alternating in the south. Strong winds from the west and northwest will push the mercury down even further.
It will be even colder on Sunday. The specialist predicts temperatures dropping to -4...-9 degrees Celsius at night and ranging from -3 to 0 during the day. It will be slightly warmer in the south, from 0 to +3.
Precipitation will cease in most regions on Sunday. Only residents of the Carpathians and Transcarpathia will see snowfall by evening.
In the capital, tomorrow's weather will be windy, with gusts possibly reaching storm levels. Wet snow will fall intermittently. According to Didenko, nighttime temperatures will drop to -3 degrees Celsius, while daytime temperatures will hover around -1, with strong winds making it feel like -8. The forecaster advises staying indoors on this day.
By the day after tomorrow, there will be no precipitation, and the wind will calm down; however, temperatures will drop even further: down to -4...-7 at night and 0 to -2 during the day.
A warming trend is expected from Monday, while frost will return to Ukraine again next weekend.
It’s worth noting that on January 2, local media reported that snow fell in Morocco for the first time in 50 years. This unusual phenomenon was brought to Africa by a cold cyclone from northern Europe.
The Central Geophysical Observatory reported on January 2 that 2024 has become the warmest year in Kyiv's history, with a total of 52 temperature records recorded.