The Risk of large amounts of snow in southern Norrland

the Winter is holding its grip over parts of the country for a while.

in the Far north it's snowing on Saturday, and during the night of Sunday related to a new lågtrycksområde in over the Region from the southwest. When it pulls up over Svealand and southern Norrland during the Sunday and night on Monday is expected large amounts of snow.

– There will be a strengthening of the coast as the low pulls out to sea. It also looks to be windy, so there is a risk of drifting snow, " says Charlotta Eriksson, a meteorologist at SMHI.

issued warnings for a total of nine counties, including virtually throughout southern Norrland and the western part of the province Svealand. The largest snow, upwards of 30 centimeters expected in Västernorrland. Where is the warning of class 2 (”causes major traffic problems and can cause interference in the electricity and teleförsörjningen”).

In eastern Jämtland, Dalarna and Gävleborg are expected to between 15 and 25 centimeters, while the mountains of jämtland warned of drifting snow due to strong wind combined with abundant snowfall.

In Värmland, Västmanland and Örebro counties, it is about amounts of around a foot.

at the same time is a class 1-warning for high flow in the säve river, which runs through the Sjuhäradsbygden and Bohuslän. In these areas is expected namely in the rather large amounts of rain.

remove on Tuesday is expected only in a quite cold day, but then begins to vårvärme gently sneak up on.

the Lows looks to take a northerly course from the middle of next week, which opens the door for some milder winds from the southwest. But there is no spectacular temperatures in sight. In the best case, some day, probably on Thursday, to bid on the two-digit in the Region.

as regards the meteorological spring, did the content when it was cold in the beginning of march after receiving a bridgehead in southern and western Götaland.

As it looks now we are in the middle of the next week to tick off the arrival of spring also in the rest of Götaland and parts of Svealand. The threat to it could be a little cold on Tuesday, which possibly acts as a brake for the spring in the south.

The meteorological definition of spring is that the day's average temperature has been above zero degrees seven days in a row. It then becomes the first date in the series that counts as the first day of spring.