The snow has settled in Kiruna – Aftonbladet

The snow has settled in Kiruna – Aftonbladet

Kiruna residents awoke to winter country.

A blanket of snow has quietly settled over the northern town.

– It is pure white all over, says Kirunabon Jan-Erik Wolf Aftonbladet.

The balmy September has definitely come to an end. During the night fell a gentle snowfall in northernmost Sweden.

Kiruna residents woke up to a snow-white town today.

– It’s catchment area who have crossed the northern Sweden during the night. And with that it’s so cold, it was already forecast yesterday that it could fall as snow, says Lisa Frost meteorologist at SMHI.

“pure white everywhere”

But during the day temperatures will rise and snowfall is expected to subside. One of them woke up to autumn’s first snow was Jan-Erik Wolf in Kiruna.

– It is pure white all over, it has been a few centimeters on the ground, he says to Aftonbladet.

But he has not put on winter tires.

– On the 29th, I had intended to put on them, but this teaches well go away. It is located on the minus 0.6 right now where I live, says Jan-Erik Wolf.

According to Lisa Frost at SMHI, there may be a chance for more snow.

– We walk into a colder period that pulls down over the country. And during the night of Monday, it could snow in Lapland and the northern parts of the country.

New season

But the night’s snowfall follow seasonal variations and are not very early:

– We have really had a very warm September so it is not at all strange, we had already snöinslag in the northern part of August, but it was not so much as folded. It is not surprising that it can be snöinslag the far north. We have generally had a warm September, so I understand that people are caught by surprise, says Lisa Frost.

For the remaining parts of the country expected new season, if not snow, it will in all cases be colder outdoors.

– We have gone from temperatures much above normal and now it turns on to temperatures below normal, said Lisa Frost.