Monday, January 26, 2009

Because of the fog 18 aircraft landed at Moscow's airports

Because of the heavy fog in Moscow on 18 flights were diverted to emergency airfields in Moscow, as well as the airport of St. Petersburg's Pulkovo "in Nizhny Novgorod, told Interfax in a central operations center in Moscow Sunday.

Moscow airports continued to operate in "the actual weather," said the agency interlocutor. It is difficult to say when this regime will be lifted.

According to , fogs in Moscow and the Moscow region on Sunday because of the fact that in an environment where the temperature fluctuates around zero, increasing the flow of warm air in the cold, snow-covered land.

Vague and are projected at night Monday: places visibility will be reduced to 300-500 meters.

When temperature fluctuations in the vicinity of 0 degrees on the road ice is formed, will create the conditions for the emergence of . In conjunction with the mist, very dangerous conditions. "So that drivers and pedestrians should be very careful on the roads" - note the "Meteonovosti.

In turn, the Russian Hydrometeorological said that the south wind keeps warm in the Moscow region until Friday. The temperature in these days will vary in the range from minus 4 to plus 4, many times crossing zero. At the same time waiting little precipitation (rain, snow).

And only a day on 30 January, forecast Gidromettsentra, temperatures in Moscow and the region sharply down to -13 degrees.

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