Now the sports holiday season has started and many families with children are hoping for clear and sunny weather on the ski slopes.
Both Gothenburgers and Jönköping residents have a sports holiday this week, and the best chance for sunshine can be at home.
– Nowhere in all of Götaland is there a measurable snow cover. You have to get up to Bergslagen to find natural snow, says Ulrika Elvgren, TV4 Nyheternas meteorologist.
Risk of heavy avalanches
It is raining over the mountains in Åre, with the risk of avalanches.
– Rain is one of the factors predicted to increase the risk of avalanches. The water penetrates into the snow cover. Wet avalanches can be created. They move slower, but have more power to destroy more in their advance and can be bigger than flak avalanches. The warning mainly applies to the southern Jämtlandsfjällen, there is a significant danger, says Ulrika Elvgren.
Even further north on other parts of the mountain chain, there is a risk of severe weather. With the hurricane in gusts. There are dangerous conditions where it exists
The winds begin to subside during Tuesday, but over the northern Lapland mountains, the weather is still severe. And there is a risk of avalanches.
In the player: Hear meteorologist Ulrika Elvgren’s forecast for the WHOLE sports holiday week