On Monday afternoon pulled a new snowstorm over Sweden, this time it’s the country’s south-western parts affected.
SMHI has issued a class 1 warning for the counties of Halland, Sjuhäradsbygden, Bohuslän, Dalsland and Värmland. However, is expected not as much snow on Monday as in previous days.
between 5 and 10 centimetres of snow in most places and in some places it can get upwards of 15 centimetres of snow.
– the Warnings apply to Tuesday and we will follow it up with the snowfall until then, ” says Therese Gadd, metorolog at SMHI.
On Monday, it is still delay in the train traffic after Sunday’s heavy snowfall. Above all there is the train from the north of Sweden down to Stockholm delayed.
– the case of The train, for example, from Sundsvall, they are a couple hours delay right now. It will be better, the longer the time passes after the weekend’s snowfall, it will be better with the delays, said Beisi Sundin at the transport administration’s press office.
is mainly about drivbildning at the gears.
– In many cases, we need to stop the traffic to clear them. When it blows, is formed soon as a new drive when you just cleared, ” says Joanna Ljunggren, presstalesperson at the Dmv.
A previous train stop at Umeå was due to meterhögt packed snow that lay in the way.
is it less delays, and commuter train traffic in Stockholm has not been able to go behind the schedule on Monday.
From the coast of Norrland will on Monday the reports of several traffic accidents, including on E4 at Piteå and Skellefteå, as well as in the vicinity of Boden and Söderhamn. In some of the accidents are multi-vehicle involved. Also Gävleborg have been affected by road accidents that affect trafficability.
Snövädret moves during the evening against eastern Svealand and south-eastern Norrland. It is followed by milder air and goes over in the rain and slush.
– Also in the Region, there will be a lot of regninslag on Tuesday, says Therese Gadd at SMHI.
, the temperature is expected to rise sharply during the night and into Wednesday.
– Then pulls it away, it will down to several degrees below zero, then there is the risk of slipping when wet roads freeze, ” says Therese Gadd.
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