Plus temperatures and rain make for “extremely slippery” mountain passes – news Vestland

On Monday evening, the weather turned from minus degrees to plus degrees and rain, and on Tuesday, plow crews report very slippery roads. – At Filefjell, it has been challenging in the last few hours. I have just spoken to the plowing crew who say it is extremely slippery on the entire mountain pass, says traffic operator John Andreas Omdal at Vegtrafikksentralen West. – Two days ago it was minus 20, and now it is plus 7 degrees. It is cold on the ground and the rain freezes quickly on the ground, says Ole Bjørn Mo Grotte, who today drives a plow truck on Filefjell. The mountain pass is open, but the Swedish Road Traffic Center urges everyone traveling to be extra vigilant and drive carefully. Strør for hard life It is also smooth on Riksveg 15 Strynefjellet. It is constantly slippery there due to rain on a snow-covered road. – They are making life hard there now, but it is raining and it is not so easy to get good conditions, says traffic operator Gry Solli at Vegtrafikksentralen East. UPDATE: Vegtrafiken reports that Strynefjellet is closed. The precipitation also creates challenging driving conditions on the E6 Dovrefjell, and the E136 Dombås – Bjorli. It is recommended to use chains on lorries, but other road users should also be extra careful today. – They simply have to be careful that it is smooth. And if they don’t want to drive over there now these hours when it’s raining, then maybe they should wait, says Solli. It may take several hours before driving conditions improve on the mountain passes in southern Norway. Photo: Statens vegvesen It may take several hours before driving conditions improve – In the west there will be quite a lot of precipitation and local snow during the day today. State meteorologist Dina Stabel says so. Only later in the day on Wednesday will the rain stop and temperatures will be slightly lower. For the mountain passes, the challenging driving conditions mean the next day. – We have a danger warning for ice on the mountain passes in southern Norway that lasts until 7 p.m. But if it rains high in the mountains, the roads will be slippery, says Stabel. At Filefjell, the weather is about to lighten up a bit. – Now it’s sunny and five degrees, and I’m starting to see blue skies again. But it varies a lot, says Grotte.



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