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Downpours and thunder warnings issued for Denmark

A summer thunderstorm is likely to hit Denmark Thursday morning, with heavy rain forecast for the southern part of the country.

Published: 22 June 2017 09:42 CEST
Downpours and thunder warnings issued for Denmark
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The rain and thunder, which is moving towards the country from the North Sea, will bring localised downpours during the day, according to a forecast by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).

DMI has issued a storm warning for Thursday and says that up to 25-35mm of rain could fall in some areas.

“The bad weather will hit Denmark within the next few hours and we are expecting thunder in some places. We can not rule out localised downpours,” duty meteorologist Steen Rasmussen of DMI told Politiken.

The storm is expected to reach the southwestern part of the country first before moving east, with heavy rain and thunder probable in southern and central Jutland along with the islands of Funen, Lolland and Falster.

Southern Jutland and Funen are expected to be worst hit.

“The northern part of the country will not escape the rain, but looks likely to avoid the heavy rain on this occasion,” Rasmussen said.

The meteorologist said that there was some risk of flooding in low-lying areas and advised caution during the storm.

“Take cover during thunder, and if you are driving then be careful, as there is a risk of aquaplaning. There may also be strong gusts of wind, so it is important to be aware of this,” he said.

The bad weather is associated with a low pressure area and associated weather front, according to the report.

Danes looking forward to next week’s Roskilde Festival – the largest music festival in northern Europe – will see the storms as an unwanted arrival after a period of sunny weather.

READ ALSO: VIDEO: Northside festival gets drenched on opening day

The yearly festival, which opens the gates to its 90,000 square metre camping area on Saturday, has around 130,000 attendees – making it Denmark’s 4th biggest town for its one-week duration.

Bad weather has in the past turned the festival area into a quagmire, most notoriously in 2007, when 85mm of rain caused flooding and health hazards.

DMI currently forecasts showers and mixed weather in the Roskilde area next week. 

WEATHER

Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Published: 4 January 2024 14:18 CET
Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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