INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Roman Vilfand, head of research at the Russian meteorological service Rosgidromet.Vilfand told the RIA Novosti news agency that early April
temperatures resembled those typical of early May, before dropping to March levels and then climbing to those more common in June and
July.On April 12, Moscow was blanketed in snow, making it one of the latest dates for snowfall in the capital since the early
2000sRosgidromet forecast temperatures across 18 central Russian regions, including Moscow, to reach 20 to 27 degrees Celsius (68 to 81
cooling in the second half, Rosgidromet said.The Fobos weather center predicted a plunge to near-freezing temperatures in the Moscow region
this weekend, RIA Novosti reported, calling the forecast comparable to mid-March conditions.
