The area of the territory of Kazakhstan covered with snow, calculated by RSE "Kazhydromet" for the period from March 16 to March 23, 2023, according to NASA satellite images, decreased from 39% to 34%.
According to the weekly synoptic weather forecast for March 25-31, 2023, rain is forecast in the west of Kazakhstan, in the northern half of the republic, in the center and in the east of the country, from the middle of this period, precipitation (rain, snow) is forecast at night, rain in the afternoon. In this connection, intensive snowmelt and the formation of melt runoff is expected in the above regions.
In the west of Kazakhstan, night temperatures remain within +2 +10 ° C for most of the specified period, during the day the temperature background is expected to be +12+20 ° C, in the Atyrau region +17+25 ° C, a slight decrease in air temperature is predicted in the last days of March. In the northern half of the country, in the center and in the east of the republic, an increase in night and daytime air temperatures is expected in the coming week.