According to the Ukrgidromettsentr in the Chernigov, Sumy, Cherkassy, ??Poltava, Kirovograd, Odessa and Mykolaiv regions strong and very heavy snowfalls, snowstorms, snow cover formation up to 40 centimeters high are expected, in Kiev - about 20 centimeters.

In Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions heavy rain with transition to snow.

In Ukraine, in addition to the western regions, the wind strength is up to 15-20 meters per second, in Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Lugansk regions up to 25-28 meters per second, on the roads of Ukraine ice.

In Kiev, this day throughout the day the weather will be overcast. Wet snow is expected throughout the day. snowstorms, on the roads ice cover, the formation of snow cover height of 20 centimeters. After noon, he must go weaker, but by evening it will intensify.

The air temperature at night will be 5-7 degrees Celsius. During the day, the air temperature will range from minus 1 to plus 1 degree.

In the west of Ukraine at night, snow, during the day a little snow, on the roads in places ice. The air temperature drops to 3-9 degrees below zero at night. During the day, the air temperature will vary from 2 degrees Celsius to 3 degrees Celsius.

In the north of the country, snow, on the roads in places ice. The night air temperature will drop to 4-10 cold degrees. During the day, the air temperature will vary from 2 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Frost.

In the center of Ukraine there is snow, on the roads there are icy places. The air temperature at night will be 3-9 degrees Celsius. During the day, the air temperature will vary from 2 degrees Celsius to 3 degrees Celsius.

In the east of Ukraine snow, on the roads in places ice. The air temperature at night will be 4-10 degrees with a minus sign. During the day, the air temperature will vary from 2 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius.

In the south of Ukraine, it is cloudy, snow at night, wet sleet with rain in the daytime, ice in some places, glaze on the roads. The air temperature at night will be 0-6 degrees below zero.

During the day, the air temperature will vary from 1 degrees below zero to 5 degrees Celsius.

People's Forecast: January 17 revered the memory of the Monk Theoktist, Zosima the Hermit, who lived in the IV century. In the people Zosima is considered the patron of bees. About bees, and the sign of this day: if on this day the snow on the trees twigs bends - in the summer bees swarm will be. And if there are no clouds in the sky under severe frost, then the frosty weather will continue and will not soon recede.