The orange warning for northeastern Svealand is in effect over the weekend.
Heavy snowfall of up to 4 decimeters is expected in Roslagen and fresh winds will cause drifting. SMHI and the Swedish Transport Administration are warning against travelling on the roads and tracked vehicles and heavy haulers have been deployed in strategic locations.
The problem is that the wind causes a lot of drifting, which causes traffic problems in the form of delays or canceled trips. But it also reduces visibility, says Christopher Greenland, meteorologist at SMHI.
New warning in Småland
Stockholm is also affected by what is expected to be 1–2 decimeters of snow throughout the period until Sunday evening. A yellow warning is in effect there.
Yellow warnings also apply to parts of Dalarna and central and northern Götaland. In parts of eastern Småland and northern Öland, a new orange warning has been issued until Saturday morning.
Gävleborg County, which was previously hit hard by storm Johannes, is also expected to get even more snow - but the warning has been mitigated and is now yellow. Bollnäs Municipality in the county has gone into emergency mode, with home care in particular facing several challenges, reports Ekot on Sveriges Radio.
2,000 without power
Several thousand households are still without power in Gävleborg. At 7 p.m. on Friday evening, just over 2,000 of Ellevio's and Eon's customers were without power.
Unplowed roads and deep fresh snow have made Friday's repair work difficult; it will be paused for the night at 10 p.m., Ellevio writes in a press release. The company has enlisted the help of Svenska kraftnät's tracked vehicles to facilitate the work.
In several places, 3–4 decimeters of snow have been measured during the night. However, as the warnings also applied to strong winds, measurements could be off by 50 percent, according to Hilda Westberg, meteorologist at SMHI.
