Snowfall over Gothenburg – Be careful on the roads – Göteborgs-Posten

A belt that extends from Gothenburg in the west through the southern Swedish province Jonkoping through all the way to Kalmar has been hit by snowfall.
 
 - You get a little taken by surprise even the meteorologist says Christoffer Hallgren, meteorologist at Foreca weather service.

Gothenburgers woke up to snow on Sunday. Stråket April weather that extends in a 40 mil long strip has been followed a period of meteorologists. The storm has withdrawn from Värmland, but that it would start snowing on the west coast as late as the last week of April amazes even meteorologists.

“Oh no, they are not true!”
“Snow? What happened where? “

Writes people in social media.

– There are only two weeks ago that it was 20 degrees in Blekinge and it was hot in the rest of the country. Now it will be at best mediocre weather for a while, barely ten degrees at midday, says Christoffer Hallgren.

The snowfall which hit on Sunday morning also causes delays in air traffic as reported to the GP.

– There has been an average of one-half hour delay departures. Arrivals were not affected. As soon as it eases you can get started under the table again, says Åsa Öhman, press contact at Swedavia.

It moves according Foreca weather service not ” some huge amounts “which pulled in but in some parts of the country may snowfall creating problems for motorists.

– Alingsås has begun add a couple of centimeters of snow on the roads. It becomes slippery on the roads and one should be extra careful if you’re driving, says Christoffer Hallgren.

middle of the day begins temperatures rise above zero, but the nights and mornings can be very cold. Aside from the snow, it can also come hail.

– There may even come hailstorms. We are somewhat locked in this bad weather, says Christoffer Hallgren.

How long will this weather last?

– There I also wonder, laughs Christoffer Hallgren.

– For the evening, the majority of the clouds dissolve and we will then get wet roads when the snow melts. It will be like this weather in April and it’s only in the first week of May, we can expect good weather again.