The entire Götaland are now covered by SMHI class 2 warning.
Gusts reaching gale force expected on Saturday.
In Dalarna, Gävleborg County – also the subject of the alert – danger several inches of fresh snow falling.
On Saturday morning, chose SMHI to expand Class 2 warnings for the storm egos. Full Götaland and Gävleborg and Dalarna County are covered.
– Recent survey indicated that the low pressure becomes deeper than we first thought. We then slipped over Class 2 throughout Götaland. Great Strength expected in the villages, says Emil Björck, meteorologist at SMHI.
During the afternoon turns the wind to the west. In conjunction with the expected also very harsh gusts – up to 25-30 meters per second – across Götaland. The culmination is expected in the evening and night to Sunday.
Gävleborg and Dalarna is a risk that up to three inches of fresh snow fall.
– So much snow for a short time makes it hard to get shovel it away from the roads. Along the coast, it becomes windy and there is a danger of drifting, says Emil Björck.
Set ferries and trains
Already in the morning with strong winds measured.
– On the west coast, at single stations, is 21 meters per second are measured, says Emil Björck.
Stena Line has set the ferry from German Sassnitz to Trelleborg in the afternoon and departure the other way on Sunday morning. Sofiero Castle is closed during the weekend because of the risk of falling branches in the castle park, writes Helsingborgs Dagblad.
The storm alarm also stops the trains. Transport Administration chooses to set up multiple departures in southern and western Sweden on the paths where travelers at risk of becoming stuck because of fallen trees. Among other affected routes Varberg Boras, Helsingborg Kavlinge, Uddevalla-Strömstad and Halmstad Värnamo. On Sunday, the traffic earliest get started again, according to Transport Administration’s forecast.
Copenhagen Airport is preparing to air traffic may be affected. Minor delays can occur, they write on their website.
“The worst storm in 20 years”
Norwegian and Danish meteorologists warn greatly extreme weather. In Norway, the storm is expected to be the worst in 20 years.
Norwegian newspaper VG writes that Meteorological Institute awaiting destruction, power outages and communication problems during the day when the storm Egon blows up. Danish Ekstra Bladet expect a particularly windy Saturday with hurricane-force winds, which can be dangerous.
The situation is not expected to be as severe in Sweden, explains Emil Björck at SMHI like this:
– The storm a complicated developments affecting Norway strongly along their west coast. The stop and remain there while we get a spin off of it. We can be reached by a later development of Norway’s storm.
“Difficult weather”
Swedish SMHI is saying that the weather can “make it” in many parts of the country.
– We have a deep low pressure developed quite fast today and that will pass the South, says Lovisa Andersson.
In conjunction with the low pressure increases the wind, especially in southern and southern Svealand.
On Saturday, spreads, while a cold front across the country in the form of rain in southern and snow in Svealand and Norrland.
– Class 2 warning of Michigan presents a risk of large amounts of snow , the coastal belt is combined with fresh, easterly winds that can cause drifting. It may be inconvenient weather.
Chilly Sunday
Svealand is snowfall warnings in many areas, heaviest in Gävleborg and Dalarna. Along Gävleborg coast can it be large amounts of snow combined with fresh onshore winds, which can cause drifting.
Even in Jämtlandsfjällen expected increasing easterly winds combined with the snow.
During the day, rising temperatures , especially in southern Sweden. In the morning, temperatures around zero, but end up later on plus. Further north is the freezing temperatures that apply. For Sunday looking to re colder air across the country and during Sunday night may be reinstated degrees below zero in Götaland.
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