On Saturday, December 17, sleet and rain are expected, on Sunday, December 18, there will be no precipitation, but it will get colder.

Forecaster Nataliya Didenko reports this.

"Wet weather will prevail in Ukraine on Saturday. Wet snow will fall, rain will fall. Precipitation is unlikely tomorrow only in the southern part. Precipitation is not expected in most regions of Ukraine on Sunday," Didenko wrote on social networks. 

According to her forecasts, the air temperature on December 17 will be

+2+6 degrees

, in the central and eastern regions

+5+11 degrees,

in the southern part

+10+15 degrees

.

And on December 18, a cold weather will come to Ukraine.

In the western regions

-3-7 degrees

is expected , in the north it will be

0-4 degrees

of frost, in the central regions

+3-3 degrees

of frost is expected, in the east and south it will be even warmer, but much less warm,

+3+10 degrees.

Didenko warned about ice on the road, so she urges both drivers and pedestrians to be careful. 

Rain is expected in Kyiv on Saturday, with sleet in some places.

On Sunday - without significant precipitation.

On December 17, the capital is still quite warm, about +3 degrees.

On December 18, it will get colder to -3-5 degrees.

The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center warns of heavy snow, ice and fog on December 17.

"On December 17, there will be significant snow in the Carpathians; in the western regions, ice, sticking wet snow, ice on the roads; at night and in the morning in Ukraine, except for the west and southeast, fog, visibility 200-500 m; during the day in the southeastern part of the country, gusts of wind 15-20 m/s," the report said. 

Forecast for winter

The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center said that the winter of 2022-2023 will be warmer in Ukraine than last year.

Of course, arctic cold air will also enter, but these periods will be short-lived and with a minimum temperature at night of -15...-20 degrees. 

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