Sochi Weather

We have had wild week of weather in Sochi.  Tuesday morning started off a thunderstorm and big, fat snowflakes falling in central Sochi.  It snowed heavily until mid-morning, then by the afternoon, it cleared off and the snow melted.  By evening, most of the snow was gone, but then it started snow again.  The storm system brought bigger than normal surf to Sochi's usually placid coastline. The pattern of snowfall and warming continued all week, so the streets have been wet with snow or melting snow most of the time.  Temperatures have hovered within a few degrees of freezing, so the major problem has been the wet streets.  Tuesday an accident on Vinogradnaya Ulitsa tied up traffic for hours.