Scientific Director of the hydrometeorological center of Russia Roman Vilfand on the fingers explained why this summer in Moscow, so it often rains. “There is no stationarity. A lot of heat waves in the European territory of the country – the heat, then lowering the temperature, then hot again. The sun heats the ground, and there is convection (air mass transfer at the vertical). In the end, the capital of Russia fall rains, squally winds and thunderstorms,” – says the expert.
Tuesday, July 14th, the bad weather has brought down more than 20 trees in different areas of the metropolis. Was damaged about 10 cars. Also been cases of downed wires, fallen trees.
As previously wrote “the Russian newspaper”, the weather in Moscow will improve by the weekend. Rain will stop and warmer. On Saturday, the air warms up to 25 degrees.
“the Summer months are by definition rainy. The “wet” month is July” – quoted by TASS Vilfand. But this year everything is different. A new record for rainfall in Moscow was recorded at the meteorological station of Moscow state University. Lomonosov in June.
Last month in the capital became the most rainy for the last 200 years.
