SMHI has issued a yellow warning for very strong gusts of up to 24 meters per second in Södermanland and Stockholm county's coastal areas on Thursday evening. Among other things, they warn that roads can be blocked, affecting public transport and risking disruptions to power and telephone networks.
It's occasionally quite windy in connection with these showers. The yellow warning applies for the rest of the evening, tonight the wind will die down, says Christopher Greenland, meteorologist at SMHI.
Power outages
Due to the wind, a total of around 20,000 customers with Ellevio and Vattenfall have been affected by power outages.
"The windy weather has caused power outages and we are working as well as we can to rectify these during the afternoon and evening," Ellevio writes on its website.
Public transport in Stockholm has also been affected by major disruptions when trees have fallen over the tracks and, among other things, the Roslagsbanan is cancelled, according to SL.
According to Christopher Greenland, we are still in an unstable weather period caused by a low-pressure system between the British Isles and Iceland, which with its associated fronts stretches into the country.
The fronts are moving north over Sweden and it will be rain that affects almost the entire country in the coming days. Periodically, the rain can be heavy and contain some thunder, he says.
Ongoing rain
In the Stockholm area, 10-20 millimeters of rain are expected on Thursday evening. On Friday, another rain belt moves in with about the same amount.
More rain, up to 20-30 millimeters, is expected in the previously heavily flood-affected areas in Västernorrland. There, SMHI has also issued a yellow warning for Friday.
