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Sweden set for more snow… and it’s only just begun

Did you enjoy the first big snowfall of the season? Good! There's more to come this weekend.

Published: 4 November 2016 16:35 CET
Sweden set for more snow... and it's only just begun

Around ten centimetres of snow are expected to fall in the southern Götaland region on Saturday and Sunday, according to Sweden's national weather agency SMHI.

The central Svealand and Norrland regions will escape the worst of it, with only a centimetre or two forecast.

“If you live in Götaland and don't have your winter tyres on the car yet, it may be time to take that into account, because there will be snow or sleet in many areas,” meteorologist Therese Fougman told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.


We hear you, Gandalf.

The mercury had already dropped below zero in much of Sweden on Friday afternoon.

The E4 road was closed in both directions south of Skellefteå after a truck slipped and blocked the road. It was salvaged at 3pm but police advised motorists to drive slowly and carefully.

SMHI meanwhile issued a class-one weather warning (the least serious on a one-three scale) for Värmland, coastal areas in Västerbotten, Västergötland, Östergötland and much of Småland.

“In parts of Småland and southern Östergötland there is a risk of heavy snowfall, around 20 centimetres in some areas” on Sunday, read a warning on SMHI's website on Friday.

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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