– Some journeys may have a longer journey time. Driving conditions may be locally difficult, warns the Meteorological Institute on Varsom.no. In Southern Norway, the snowfall has started. The precipitation will continue until Saturday night. The snow will mainly fall in interior and higher areas. Between 5-15 centimeters of snow is expected in 24 hours. But locally, up to 25 centimeters of snow can fall. The snow line is at 100-400 metres. The snow along the coast will mainly arrive on Friday. The danger warning for snow applies to Agder and parts of Eastern Norway. Photo: Meteorological institute Driving conditions can be challenging – The first snowfall often means that the driving conditions will be somewhat challenging, says state meteorologist Kristian Gislefoss. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute warns that some journeys may have longer journey times and that there may be difficult driving conditions locally. – It has been over half a year since we drove on snow-covered roads, so traffic challenges can quickly arise, says Gislefoss. State meteorologist Kristian Gislefoss asks people to take it easy and drive according to the conditions. Photo: Anniken Celine Berger He has a clear message for those who have not yet got winter tires on their car. – That must be done now. On several of the roads it has settled down, so cars with summer tires don’t have much to do there, says the state meteorologist. Otherwise, the Meteorological Institute asks people to calculate extra time for transport and driving, and to drive according to the conditions. There was a 3.5 hour waiting time and 40 cars in a queue at the Dekkbørsen in Kristiansand on Friday afternoon. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news Long queues for tire changes It has been a hectic day at Dekkbørsen in Kristiansand. – It started a little late this year, but now it’s getting stressful, says Tobias Sørby. One of those who has spent the day getting the tires changed is Kai Gimre. – It was perhaps not the best day to change the tyre, he admits. He had to wait almost two hours to have the tire changed. – It has been mild, so I haven’t had to think about it until now, says Gimre. Kai Gimre had to spend large parts of the day queuing to change tyres. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news Southern Norway takes the brunt The rest of the country will have good weather this weekend, the meteorologist can tell. – The weather is fine there, with few clouds and lots of nice weather, says state meteorologist Kristian Gislefoss. It is connected with the fact that there is a lot of wind coming from the south and south-east. – Then it is Southern Norway and Eastern Norway that take the brunt of the clouds and precipitation, the rest of the country also fares quite well, says Gislefoss. – Lots of nice weather in Western Norway, Trøndelag and in Northern Norway, there will also be relatively low temperatures typically on the Finnmarksvidda, with temperatures down to minus 20
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