Snow, sleet and high winds are in the forecast for the days leading up to Christmas.
SNOWFALL ON FRIDAY will worsen driving conditions for the Christmas rush hour, according to weather service Foreca.
“Friday will be cloudy throughout the country, with occasional rain in the southern and central parts of the country. The rain will be in the form of widespread snow, but with varying conditions along the south coast,” says Joanna Rinne, a meteorologist at Foreca.
The meteorologist recommends preparing for poor driving conditions on Friday. “Inland in the south, 5–10 centimeters of snow could fall in places during Friday, and in the wider south-central part of the country mostly 2–5 centimeters,” Joanna Rinne predicts.
Add fluctuating plus and minus temperatures and sleet, and you have a recipe for road rage.
“If all the precipitation comes as snow, the southern coast could receive up to 15 centimeters of snow, but some of the precipitation in the southern parts will likely come as snow and some as water,” Joanna Rinne says.
Daytime temperatures on Friday will be mostly around zero degrees Celsius in the south, 1–8 degrees in the central part of the country and 10–20 degrees in Lapland.
The easterly winds will be strongest on Friday night and will be felt most on land in the southern and central parts of the country.
Foreca predicts that Saturday will be mostly cloudy. Snow showers here and there.
“Scattered snow showers will continue across Finland, with the clearest periods in the central and northern parts of the country. Temperatures will be close to zero on the south coast, otherwise 1–10 degrees below zero, 10–20 degrees in northern Lapland,” says Joanna Rinne.
Christmas Eve is likely to be spent in freezing weather.
Frost between 1 and 10 degrees Celsius is forecast throughout the country.
