– This is not the day to go on a ride. If you get stuck and don’t get on to turn on emergency flashes and call for car storage. This is what Trom’s police district writes, which in connection with the ongoing polar low pressure in Northern Norway receives “very many” messages from road users who have gotten stuck. The forecast polar low pressure brings with it powerful showers and winds in the coast of Northern Norway, leading to difficult driving conditions and column driving in several places. – What we are most concerned about now is a situation with sustained urban areas over a local area, most likely in Troms, where it will snow for several hours during the evening. If there is a strong breeze, then there will be difficult driving conditions, says state meteorologist Gunnar Noer to news just before 3.30pm Saturday Photo: Meteorological Insitut/Yr.no Although it is especially in Troms and parts of Nordland where the worst storm is expected, the polar low pressure can be marked from northern Finns. The weather is expected to get worse during the evening, which can cause more roads to be closed or column driving. – Calculate extra good time The polar low pressure can provide locally difficult driving conditions and poor visibility, in addition to pocket travels on the roads. – There is some fox snow, and we have a lot of poor visibility. That is why we also get some small accidents where people drive off the road because they do not see the road, or that they drive in from behind, says Renate Aanes, traffic operator at the Road Traffic Center. This is what it looks like on the E10 over Bjørnfjell just after 7:30 pm Saturday night. Column driving has been introduced on the mountain crossing. Photo: The Norwegian Public Roads Administration Snow showers also create problems further inland and south in the country, including the E6 over Saltfjellet. – There it is so flat light that they do not see – everything gets rid of. So it’s quite challenging, she says, and encourages people to stay up to date on the latest news from traffic if they are going out on the roads. – Should you be out on the roads while the polar low pressure is going on? – You have to consider it yourself, but you should at least calculate extra time. You might have a shovel with, warm clothes and some food in the car. Then you are a little better prepared, she says. The Road Administration has sent out notice of reduced visibility over Saltfjellet, and the Roads Administration informs news that there is a danger that column driving will be introduced at short notice. This is what it looked like on the E6 Stødi bridge over Saltfjellet just before 4 pm on Saturday. Photo: The Norwegian Public Roads Administration is affecting air traffic a number of flights to Tromsø Airport on Saturday night have been redirected to other airports. This is due to heavy snowfall and a lot of wind in Northern Norway due to a polar low pressure from the northwest. Several departures from the airport are also canceled or postponed until later in the evening. Air traffic to and from Tromsø Airport is affected by the storm. Photo: Mathias Sommerseth Kjellmo / news Full storm in the sea It was previously waiting in full storm along the coast at the worst. Throughout the afternoon, things indicate that the wind will not be as powerful. – It does not appear to be quite as much wind as reported, but end up with a strong breeze to a small storm. It will be more powerful than what is now, says Gunnar Noer. At 15 o’clock on Saturday there was very dense urban activity in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, with a full storm in an area, Noer says. Yellow danger warning for snow in the inner and middle areas has also been sent out in the south of Nordland. Night to Saturday, some of the rainfall in the lowlands in the south will come as rain or sleet, writes the Meteorological Institute. Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, yellow danger warning for heavy snowflakes was sent out in parts of Nordland. Photo: Meteorological Institute/Yr.no Powerful snowflakes in the south In the mountains in southern Norway, yellow danger warning for heavy snowflakes has been sent out. Local snowflakes are expected in the mountains due to snow showers and heavy winds from the northwest. The notice is valid from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. It can provide locally difficult driving conditions and column driving can be introduced, in addition to the fact that roads can be closed at short notice, the notice states. On highway 7 over Hardangervidda there is column run on Saturday due to the storm. It is expected that the column driving will continue until the morning hours on Sunday. This is what it looks like on highway 7 at Dyranut over Hardangervidda on Saturday afternoon. Photo: The Norwegian Public Roads Administration Snow avalanche in many places. Significant snow avalanche (danger level 3) in Lofoten, Vesterålen, Ofoten and Salten. Significant snow avalanche (danger level 3) in Nord-Troms, Tromsø, Sør-Troms and Indre Troms. Great snow avalanche (danger level 4) in the Svartisen region and at Helgeland. Significant snow avalanche (danger level 3) in West Finnmark. There is significant and great avalanche danger over large parts of Northern Norway on Saturday. Photo: varsom.no at danger degree 4, which applies to Svartisen and at Helgeland, it is recommended to keep the distance to landslides because large landslides can loosen by itself. In some places, infrastructure may be exposed, writes varsom.no. On Saturday night, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) raised the danger level for snow avalanche danger to level 4- great snow avalanche danger in Nord-Troms, Lyngen and Tromsø. Published 15.03.2025, at. 11.05 Updated 15.03.2025, at. 20.23
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