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Northern Norway braced for heavy snowfall and storms on Thursday

More than a metre of snow is set to fall over large parts of northern Norway over the next few days, accompanied by strong winds, storms and a risk of avalanches in mountain areas, forecaster Yr has warned.

Pictured is a snowy cabin in Norway.
Snow is expected to fall heavily in Northern Norway. Photo by Håkon Sataøen on Unsplash

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the forecaster said it was issuing a warning about the polar low pressure system coming down the coast of north west Norway. 

In a tweet, the forecaster said that the low pressure area would hit “parts of Troms and Finnmark”, while another low pressure system was “developing near Vesterålen and heading towards southern Nordland”.

An orange level avalanche warning has been issued for northern Norway. 

“With the polar low pressure, there can be strong winds from several directions, and that there will be heavy snowstorms along with it,” said Elise Gloppen Hunnes, the meteorologist on duty at the Meteorological Institute. “There will be some fresh snow together with a lot of wind.”

She said that people in Troms and Finnmark, Vest-Finnmark and Troms would face “very stormy weather”.

“It will probably be difficult if you have decided to drive. The visibility will be extremely poor and it may take longer to travel to some places,” she said. 

Gustav Pless, an officer at the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate’s  Avalanche Warning Service, said that people should be very careful if they venture out into the mountains in northern Norway. 

“There are generally difficult avalanche conditions now,” he said. “It is a demanding situation to be out in the mountains in. The weather can also be demanding.”

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Weather alert for torrential rain and thunderstorms issued in Norway

Another weather warning for parts of Norway was issued for Tuesday after Oslo received half a month's rainfall in 20 minutes on Monday.

Weather alert for torrential rain and thunderstorms issued in Norway

More heavy rain is expected in eastern parts of Norway on Tuesday evening. Around 12 millimetres are expected, and a yellow weather warning has been issued.

On Monday, parts of eastern Norway received 42.7 millimetres of rain, the monthly average for May being 60 millimetres.

The heavy rain flooded streets and some basements in parts of the capital.

The public has asked to avoid swimming in Oslo’s harbour areas after the rain due to the presence of intestinal bacteria.

A yellow warning has also been issued for lighting in eastern Norway. The public has been asked to unplug appliances and avoid open plains and large trees. Swimming has also been discouraged.

Around 30,000 and 40,000 lightning strikes were registered in Norway over the past 24 hours.

During a yellow weather warning, the public is asked to “be aware” of “challenging situations”.

READ MORE: What Norway’s weather alerts actually mean

Below you can see a forecast posted on X (formerly Twitter) by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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