Much of northern and central Sweden was hit by heavy snowfall over the weekend, and now it’s southern Sweden’s turn.
The snow keeps falling, with as much as 15cm of snow expected in some areas of Skåne, where weather agency SMHI has issued a yellow weather warning ‒ the lowest on its three-point scale.
Snowfall in Skåne this morning is expected to slowly move northwards throughout Monday and into Tuesday over southern and central Sweden.
Yellow weather warnings have also been issued for southeastern Svealand (including Stockholm, Södertälje, Eskilstuna and Västerås), parts of Dalsland and Värmland west of Lake Vänern, the easternmost part of Östergötland, parts of eastern Götaland and Gotland.
The warnings are in place until Monday evening or Tuesday morning, depending on the area.
“Northern Småland, parts of southeastern Svealand and eastern Götaland are expected to see the most snow,” SMHI meteorologist Lisa Frost said, while adding that the public should be aware of traffic recommendations.
“We’ve issued so many warnings because there will be a lot of traffic. There will be a lot of people on the roads. Keep your distance and be careful.”
January 6th is a popular date for many people to return home from wherever they’ve been celebrating Christmas or New Years, with January 7th the first day back at work for many.
Temperatures are below zero everywhere, with temperatures in the south varying between minus two and minus seven degrees. In the north, where the skies are for the most part clear, temperatures could be as low as minus 30 in some areas.
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“It’s very cold,” Frost said. “If there are clouds then there could be some light snowfall, but not like the snowstorm passing over the south of the country.”
Hundreds of people in Gävleborg have been without power for over a week due to two recent storms, Johannes and Anna, and the county is in for even more snowfall.
“We haven’t issued a warning there specifically, but it’s good to keep up-to-date as there is already a lot of snow there,” Frost said.
Electricity company Svenska kraftnät has said that around 2,500 of its customers have no power, while Ellevio, which has a number of customers in Gävleborg, told the TT newswire that at least a hundred of its customers have had no power since December 27th.
“Repair works have gone as well as they could have. The situation is still difficult. First, a load of trees were blown down and then we got a metre of snow,” Ellevio’s head of communications Jonatan Björck told TT.