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Warnings in place as heavy snow continues in Sweden

Swedish weather forecaster SMHI has warned of further disruptions, as snow continues to fall over large parts of Sweden, in particular the southern part of the country.

A cyclist battling heavy snow in Stockholm, November 2022
The first proper snowfall of the year swept across southeastern Sweden over the weekend, including Stockholm, which affected travel plans. Photo: Janerik Henriksson / TT

Swedish weather forecaster SMHI has extended its orange warning to the Stockholm area and Gotland.

In an orange warning, there is a risk of very limited accessibility on roads and public transport service delays and cancellations.

SMHI issued the orange warning over large parts of Stockholm on Sunday lunchtime. 

“It applies to heavy snowfall from tonight to tomorrow evening. It is uncertain exactly which area most snow will end up but there will be large amounts,” Therese Fougman, meteorologist at SMHI told Swedish newswire TT.

On Sunday morning, 14 centimetres of snow had fallen over central Stockholm, while in Holmbo west of Valdemarsvik, a snow depth of 21 centimetres was reported. In Småland’s Fagerhult and Orrefors, the snow depth was just over 20 centimetres. 

Public transport organisation SL (Storstockholms Lokaltrafik) has advised its travellers to be out in good time if travelling on Monday and to work from home if you’re able to.

SL warned that some services may be cancelled so to check travel services before heading out. On its website, it says that if your journey is delayed by more than 20 minutes, you can apply for compensation.

Traffic between Nybro and Vetlanda. The snowfall in south-eastern Sweden has resulted in an orange warning from SMHI. Photo: Suvad Mrkonjic / TT

During Sunday afternoon, an orange warning for heavy snowfall was also issued over Gotland, which will continue into Monday. An orange warning had earlier been issued for south-eastern Skåne.

A dad lifts up her daughter to the binoculars as Sunday offered sun and snow in Sweden’s southernmost place, Smygehuk. Skåne has gone from summer to winter in one week.
Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT /

Fougman told TT that there may be snow in the western part of Skåne from late this evening.

There are yellow warnings in place over Öland, Gotland, northern Kalmar county, Östergötland and Sörmland. Areas west of Lake Vättern – where heavier snowfall is expected during the evening – and west and south-west of Vänern are also under a yellow warning.

A yellow warning means that some public transport services and road traffic may be disrupted. 

Sweden has experienced an unusually mild autumn so far, with temperatures as high as 16.7 degrees only a week ago.

Swedish vocab: snö – snow

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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.

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

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.

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