Phobos forecaster Tishkovets: Moscow will be covered with the strongest wet snowfall in 73 years on November 20 
Leading employee of the Phobos weather center warned Moscow residents about record wet snowfall and stormy winds. According to the forecaster, on Saturday, November 20, up to a quarter of the monthly rainfall will fall in Central Russia. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
He noted that Muscovites will face the strongest wet snowfall in the last 73 years, from which a stable snow cover will begin to form. According to him, this kind of intense rainfall at this time of the year is extremely rare and has been recorded since 1948 only in 1954 (13.9 mm), 2004 (15.2 mm) and 2010 (10.5 mm ).
“However, these are not all the troubles from a diving cyclone, which in mild thaw weather will also bring with it an abnormal amount of precipitation in a mixed phase in the form of wet snow and rain – up to 14-16 millimeters”, – said Tishkovets and clarified that this will amount to one fourth of the total monthly volume.
The forecaster stressed that on Saturday afternoon gusts of wind will reach stormy 18-23 meters per second, which is fraught with falling trees, advertising structures.
Tishkovets also noted that after the fall of “such a colossal amount of mixed precipitation”, a rather heavy snow cover up to 4-7 centimeters high and with a snow density of up to 170 kilograms per cubic meter will form. “The formation of a stable snow cover will begin prematurely – a week earlier than expected by the climate – the formation of a stable snow cover, which, most likely, will last until spring,” concluded the meteorologist.
Earlier, Tishkovets said that on November 20 in Moscow due to a sharp drop in pressure is expected to be a “baric gap”.