Cooling and precipitation during the Vasaloppshelgen

"Cold temperatures and precipitation during the Vasaloppshelgen"

"the Snow and rain in large parts of the country."

"the Cold makes retreat, and on Sunday, rolling the big Vasasmockan."

"But it's not just the athletes and spectators in the Valleys affected by ruskvädret."

"Nederbördsområdet extends from the southern parts and all the way up to southern Norrland. "

"The recent mild weather has been driven away. "

"The colder air began to sweep down over the land, established himself in Friday and is expected, according to SMHI to remain into next week. "

"During the Saturday expected the sun to shine in most places, except in the cloudy Region. "

"– In Saturday it's pretty quiet weather conditions. There is some cloud in the south but up over northern sweden draws a low pressure. In northern parts there will be some snowfall. Otherwise, it might be good solchanser in large parts of the country, " says Mikael Sjöstrand, a meteorologist at väderinstitutet Foreca. "

"Comprehensive snöfallsområde"

"On Sunday, during the Vasaloppsdagen, a large comming in from the southwest. "

"In the Valleys, where the athletes struggle in the tracks, and many are looking at, it can get heavy snowfall."

"– It is a comprehensive snöfallsområde moving over the Valleys and can give profusely to snowfall in conjunction with the Vasaloppet ski race goes. It can get upwards of 5 to 10 centimetres of snow during the Race. So it can be a little inconvenient, " says Sjöstrand. "

"According to the Swedish meteorological and hydrological institute is expected to truckers also get to fight on against the wind. "

"But nederbördsområdet is larger than just the Valleys. It sweeps across the Region – in which it manifests itself in the form of rain – and all the way up to southern Norrland. "

"– the Low, will affect large parts of Götaland and also in Svealand and southern Norrland. It gets the most rain in the Region but up over Svealand and southern Norrland, it is, at times, heavy snowfall, " says Mikael Sjöstrand."

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