Advertisement

Sweden braces for more wild winter weather

TT/The Local
TT/The Local - [email protected]
Sweden braces for more wild winter weather

Another blast of winter weather is set to barrel down across southern and eastern Sweden starting on Wednesday night, with strong winds and heavy snowfall reaching as far as the Baltic island of Gotland.

Advertisement

Swedish meteorology agency SMHI issued a warning on Wednesday that the expected heavy snowfall will likely cause major traffic headaches along Sweden’s east coast, in Skåne in the south, and the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

According to SMHI, Gotland is likely to be hit with the worst of the storm, which is expected to dump 10 to 20 centimeteres of snow on the island, along with wind gusts of between 75 to 83 kilometres/hour.

“There may be a lot of problems, especially for the traffic situation. The gusts can lead to drifting and there is going to be a lot of snow in some areas,” SMHI meteorologist Anna Österman told the TT news agency.

SMHI is also warning people that the snow, in combination with high winds, may also cause problems for residents in Östergötland and Kalmar counties in Sweden’s southeast, as well as in Blekinge and Skåne counties in the south.

The agency has also issued a warning for gale force winds in the Skagerack and Kattegatt straits off of Sweden’s southwest coast.

More

Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.

Please log in to leave a comment.

See Also