On Wednesday, the Meteorological Institute issued a danger warning for gusts at orange level for parts of South-West Norway. It will be a real stormy weather on Thursday, which in many places in southern Norway will come as snow. The snow dump will last through the Christmas weekend. – The precipitation that comes on Thursday and Friday will probably be flat, says state meteorologist Marit Berger. As early as Tuesday, the meteorological department issued a yellow warning for snowpack in the mountains in southern Norway on Thursday. On Wednesday, the forecast was upgraded to a separate snow forecast for several places in Western Norway. Locally, 20–40 centimeters may fall. On Wednesday, there was a snow warning for Thursday in large parts of southern Norway. Locally, 20–40 centimeters of snow may fall. Photo: Varsom.no If you plan your Christmas holiday in the mountains or a bit inland, you will get snow. – There is a strong low pressure that will pass in the south over the next couple of days. Then there will be a good deal of snow in connection with the low pressure. There is still a clear difference between the outer and inner regions, as the temperature will vary a great deal in different parts of southern Norway. Especially north of Stadt, it is quite certain that much of the precipitation will come as snow, as cooler weather has been reported here and a north-westerly wind direction. In outer areas of Western Norway or in coastal areas in southern Norway, it will probably come mostly as rain. Meteorologists are warning against wind gusts of up to 40 meters per second in southern parts of Western Norway. This is how the Christmas weekend will be A few days before Christmas starts “properly”, the forecasts look like this. Austlandet: It will snow on Thursday, the same a little later on Friday. But in Østfold and Vestfold, much of the precipitation will come as rain. Oslo will probably get the precipitation as snow, but it could be slightly plus degrees later on Friday. After a while, there may also be some wind in Austlandet, especially the first part of Friday. Rolegare weather towards the weekend, on Saturday it may be a little sunny and the weather quite good. Western Norway: After the stormy Thursday, calmer weather is expected on Friday and Saturday. Falling temperatures. Probable stormy weather in the outer reaches. New low pressure inland on Christmas Eve and slightly higher temperatures. It will continue to fall as snow a little into the country and up into the mountains. Bergen will probably get rain on Christmas Eve. Mid-Norway: North-westerly wind direction and cities. On the coast it may rain. It is difficult to say exactly where the dividing line is between rain and snow and how much is left lying around. Trondheim will probably get some snow over the Christmas weekend. Northern Norway: Generally quite calm weather and little rainfall over the Christmas weekend. Can be raised in several places. Little wind. A little snow in some places. It is traditionally a white Christmas in Røros. It will be the same this year, both here and in several other places. Photo: Ragnhild Synnøve Bjerkan Think through the travel day The meteorologists say it is wise not to embark on the longest journeys on Thursday, as there are warnings for several places. This particularly applies to mountain passes. The combination of snow and wind creates a snowpack. As it looks now, several of the mountain crossings will probably have to close or introduce convoy driving. On Thursday, there may be convoy driving and road closures on the mountain passes. The picture is from earlier convoy driving over the E134 Haukelifjell. Photo: Olav Røli / news Both Friday and Saturday look better in terms of driving. During Christmas, it is currently uncertain which day is best to travel on, but the second and third days of Christmas look quite good in southern Norway, according to the meteorologist. In Northern Norway, the weather can also be a bit changeable during Christmas. Thursday next week is probably not the best day to travel, according to the meteorologist, but here the forecasts can change in the next few days.
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Many towns in the country are moving towards a white Christmas – news Vestland
