Temperature to drop to -25°C in eastern Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Inclement weather is set to persist in most of Kazakhstan on November 18-19. Heavy precipitation and snowfall are expected in the northeast of East Kazakhstan region, Kazinform reports.

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According to the national weather agency, fog, black ice, gusty wind, and blizzard are in store for the country. Precipitation will stop on November 20 when a cold anticyclone will shift to the territory of Kazakhstan. A mix of rain and snow is expected only in the west and northwest of the country that day.

Temperature will fall to 0, -5°C at night in western Kazakhstan. Northwestern, northern and central Kazakhstan will see mercury dipping as low as -5, -15 °C and -15, -25°C at night time. Temperature will drop to -5, -13°C and -8, -16°C in the south. Mercury will also dip as low as -2, -10°C or -15, -25°C at night in the east of Kazakhstan.