Snowstorm to unleash up to 30 cm of snow from Romania to Ukraine

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist

November 11,2016; 8:28PM,EST

 

 

A potent storm system will track across eastern Europe this weekend and unleash significant snowfall.
Areas expecting accumulating snowfall include northern Romania, northern Moldova, eastern Hungary, eastern Slovakia, southeast Poland and much of central and western Ukraine.
A mix of rain and snow will begin on Saturday across the region before transitioning to all snow across western Ukraine, southeast Poland and eastern Hungary Saturday night.

Heavy snow will fall at times from the Carpathian Mountains northward to Lviv and Kiev on Sunday. Widespread snowfall of 15 cm (6 inches) is expected throughout this region with local amounts up to 30 cm (12 inches).
The heaviest snowfall in Kiev is expected from midday Sunday into Sunday evening.
The heavy, wet snowfall could result in numerous power outages while also causing travel chaos throughout western Ukraine.
By Sunday precipitation will change to all snow from northern Romania through east-central Ukraine. Accumulating snowfall of 2-8 cm (1-3 inches) is expected from Cluj-Napoca to Chisinau and Kharkiv.
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The storm will track east Sunday night into Monday bringing light snowfall to eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. These areas could see a few centimeters (around 1 inch) of snowfall before precipitation tapers off later Monday.
Cold air will remain in place across the region following the storm as temperatures remain below normal for much of next week.