The specialist said that there is an anticyclone and a high pressure area over the Asian part of Russia.
“Chukotka, Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Novosibirsk, Omsk and the south of the Urals are an area of high pressure, an anticyclone.
Therefore, the conditions there are simple, with virtually no precipitation, but there are very low temperatures everywhere.
That is, abnormally cold weather,” Tsygankov said.
He added that snow, blizzards, and gusty winds are forecast for the Kuril Islands and Chukotka.
“Omsk region, Krasnoyarsk region, Altai region, Irkutsk region, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk region, Kemerovo region - there is also abnormally cold weather, frosts at night -40 ° C and below.
The same situation is in the south of the Urals: Tyumen region, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan also have abnormally cold weather.
This anticyclone also affects the south of the Volga region,” concluded RT’s interlocutor.
Earlier, the head of the situation center of Roshydromet, Yuri Varakin, spoke about the weather in new regions of Russia in the coming days.