Moscow Transport Department recommends switching to public transport on Monday – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

According to the Telegram channel of the Moscow Department of Transport, from 9:00 p.m. on November 26 to the afternoon of November 27, snowfall, sleet and strong winds are expected in the city. Icing is possible.

“We ask, if possible, to use public transport tomorrow to move around the city. Be careful: respect the speed limit and distance, avoid sudden maneuvers. Be especially careful when going up and down bridges and overpasses. “

Let us remember that meteorologists called the snowfall “black”, since a record amount of snow could fall in a short time. According to the meteorologist of the Phobos meteorological center, Mikhail Leus, the depth of snow in Moscow is 2 times greater than normal, and this is not the limit.

The cyclone that hit the capital last day increased the height of the snow cover by 14 cm! The last time there was so much snow in the capital in the last ten days of November was more than 10 years ago, in 2012, he writes on his Telegram channel. The southern cyclones are attacking Moscow and by the end of the first five days of December they may reach between 27 and 32 cm, more than three times more than normal and close to the record snow cover observed these days. in 1952. Then, in the period from December 1 to December 5, the height of snowdrifts in the capital reached 28-31 cm.