Car traffic is hampered by a moderate, gusty east wind.
South coast and the Helsinki region is covered in thick snow in the afternoon.
The snow is driven by a gentle, gusty east wind, which impairs visibility and makes driving unpredictable.
The thick snowstorm comes at a time when people are heading towards the Olympic Stadium and the medal celebration of the Finnish national hockey teams. The folk festival begins at 6 p.m.
In this article, HS shows a live broadcast of Sanomatalo’s roof camera in the center of Helsinki.
weather Institute predicts that the driving environment in Uusimaa will become very bad from this afternoon due to a snowstorm. Snow starts at one o’clock in the afternoon, but the actual traffic warning extends from two o’clock until Tuesday morning.
Meteorologist on duty Heikki Sinisalo says an estimated 15 cents of snow will accumulate in the metropolitan area by evening.
“There is a lot of snow, it doesn’t look good in terms of traffic,” says Sinisalo.
Visibility traffic is also hampered by moderate winds. The wind speed is forecast to be 13 meters per second, and in gusts it will rise to 20 meters per second.
Forecan meteorologist Markus Mäntykangas estimates On Foreca’s blogthat there is a risk of power outages in the archipelago, near the coastline and in sparsely populated areas due to severe gusts and snowfall.
Pine fabric even recommends people stay home on Monday.
The area of the thickest snowstorm extends west of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area so that snow can accumulate in Southwest Finland by about 25 cents.
The weather will clear on Tuesday afternoon and a frosty day is expected on Wednesday.
“From Thursday, the weather will cool again. Strong low pressure is coming to Finland, but it is still difficult to say in what form the rain will come on the south coast, ”says Sinisalo.
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