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Weather warning as torrential rain set to batter Stockholm and central Sweden

Swedish weather agency SMHI warns of torrential rain set to hit Stockholm and central Sweden on Wednesday, with thunderstorms and harsh winds also on the cards.

Published: 11 June 2024 11:40 CEST
Weather warning as torrential rain set to batter Stockholm and central Sweden
What it looked like when rain suddenly came down on Stockholm around this time last year. Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT

SMHI issued a yellow downpour warning for an area covering Stockholm, Uppsala, Örebro, Karlstad, Trollhättan, Skövde, Norrköping and Jönköping, among other cities.

Around 30-50 millimetres of rain could fall in some places, with the largest amounts expected in northern Västergötland, Östergötland, Sörmland and the Stockholm region.

SMHI warned basements and roads could be flooded, and slow down traffic.

“Thunder and strong gusts of wind may also occur,” it said on its website, but added that “large local variations” were expected, so many areas may not get that much rain.

The alert is currently in place from noon to 10pm on Wednesday.

READ ALSO: What do Sweden’s weather warnings actually mean?

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  1. Does anyone here live in the areas covered by the alert? Is the weather really bad right now or has it not started yet?

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What’s the weather going to be like in Sweden this summer?

Sweden is (usually) the perfect country to visit in summer – long, warm days that never really turn into night, but not as suffocatingly hot as southern Europe. Will that be the case this year?

Published: 31 May 2024 10:28 CEST
Updated: 6 June 2024 09:39 CEST
What's the weather going to be like in Sweden this summer?

According to public broadcaster SVT’s forecast for the summer, there are three possible scenarios for the Swedish weather.

Essentially, a low pressure front is expected to move in across the west of Scandinavia, roughly over the UK, while a high pressure front is expected to arrive from the east, over Finland and western Russia, but it’s not entirely clear exactly where these two fronts will meet.

Sweden could end up underneath either one of them, which gives slightly more predictable weather, or between the two, which would give us more unstable and changeable weather during the summer season.

If the high pressure front ends up over Sweden, SVT meteorologist Nitzan Cohen said, then summer could be hot and dry – maybe even very hot in periods, although this won’t necessarily be the case for the entire summer.

If we end up under the low pressure front in the west, then weather would be more rainy and unstable, although there would probably be some periods with hot weather coming in from the east.

In the last scenario, Sweden ends up between the two pressure fronts, with warm weather coming from the east and cold from the west. This is the most unpredictable option, with high temperatures and a lot of rain likely.

You can keep up-to-date with weather forecasts and weather alerts via Sweden’s meteorological office SMHI, whether that’s flood alerts or a risk of wildfire.

You can also keep up to date with any fire bans here.

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