Air frosts of 0-5° are expected on Monday, 7 April, in the western, northern, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, and on 8-11 April throughout Ukraine, which will result in a storm warning (hazard level II, orange) being issued in the respective regions, the Ukrainian Weather Service reports.
On the night of 7 April, frosts of 0-3° are expected on the soil surface in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovs’k regions, and on 8 April in Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and ice on the roads in the western, northern and central regions. In this regard, a storm warning will also be issued in the respective regions (hazard level I, yellow).
‘The weather conditions will complicate the work of energy, construction and utility companies, disrupt traffic on the roads; frosts will damage early flowering fruit trees,’ the statement said.
According to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Centre, on 7 April, light, sometimes moderate rain is expected in the eastern and southeastern regions, with light snow in the rest of the country, and no precipitation in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and in the far west of the country.
At night, the air temperature will be 0-5°, during the day 1-4° Celsius; in the eastern and southeastern regions, 3-8° Celsius at night (Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kherson regions, 0-3° Celsius on the ground, in some places and in the air), 6-11° during the day. There will be ice on the roads, except in the south of the country. The wind is mostly north-west, 7-12 m/s, in the northern, Rivne, Volyn, Khmelnytsky and Vinnytsia regions, in some places gusts of 15-20 m/s during the day.
In the Carpathians, there will be light snow, the temperature at night will be 4-9°C, during the day 0-5°C.
On 7 April, there will be light snow in Kyiv. There will be ice on the roads. At night, the air temperature will be 0-2° below zero, during the day 1-3° Celsius. North-west wind, 7-12 m/s.
On Tuesday, 8 April, light snow and sleet is also expected in the western and northern, daytime and central regions of Ukraine. At night, the air temperature will be 0-5°, during the day 1-4° Celsius. In the east and southeast, there will be rain at night, sometimes with sleet, no precipitation during the day, temperatures at night will be 1-6°C, frosts on the ground, in some places and in the air will be 0-3°C, and 3-8°C during the day. In the north and west of the country, there will be ice on the roads.
The wind is mainly north-west, 7-12 m/s, in the western, eastern, Poltava, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya regions, in some places during the day, wind gusts of 15-20 m/s.
In the Carpathians, light snow at night, moderate snow during the day, temperatures at night -4-9°C, during the day -0-5°C.
In Kyiv, on 8 April, there will be light snow, in some places at night. At night the air temperature will be 0-2°, during the day 1-3° Celsius.