It snowed in Khorezm province today on March 16, the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection reported.
The temperature dropped sharply in the province and it is snowing, the report says.
Earlier weather forecasters reported that on March 17-20, warm and humid air was expected to be brought into Uzbekistan from the provinces of Iran, followed by the invasion of cold air mass from the Volga province.
“Precipitation (rain, snow), sometimes heavy is expected in the mountainous provinces. On March 17-18, wind intensification up to 15-20 m/s is expected in some provinces; on March 17, gusts up to 22-27 m/s are possible in Jizzakh and Surkhandarya provinces; 22-27 m/s,” the forecasters said.
In addition, on March 19-20, the night air temperature will drop to 0-3°C, in Bukhara, Navoi, Tashkent, Samarkand, Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces, frosts are possible in places in the air and on the soil surface down to 1-2° of frost.
On March 19-20, in Karakalpakstan, Khorezm province and the desert zone, frost will intensify to 3-6 degrees below zero, in the north of Karakalpakstan in some places up to 7-10 degrees below zero.
