Tag: Thunderstorm

  • Thunderstorm reroutes Russian planes through Finnish air space

    Thunderstorm reroutes Russian planes through Finnish air space

    According to Fintraffic, the civilian aircraft were allowed to fly over Finnish airspace because it constituted a dangerous situation.

  • Storm Hans causes power cuts in Finland

    Storm Hans causes power cuts in Finland

    Southern parts of the country can expect showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday, with more severe storms possibly hitting central areas by evening.

  • Finland’s “thunderstorm of the decade” to peak early on Tuesday

    Finland’s “thunderstorm of the decade” to peak early on Tuesday

    The storm is tracking toward Finland from the Baltics. It is currently forecast to hit southern parts of the country tomorrow morning and central parts of the country by noon, ultimately reaching even southern parts of Lapland. Only the northernmost parts of the country will be spared from the heavy rains, strong winds and intense…

  • Strongest thunderstorms of the decade coming to Finland on Monday

    Strongest thunderstorms of the decade coming to Finland on Monday

    This article provides detailed advice on safeguarding yourself and your belongings during the approaching thunderstorms. The Impending Storm: A Familiar Scenario According to meteorologists, the warm air mass building up could lead to thunderstorms as early as Sunday, with the peak intensity anticipated on Monday. The energy available to thunderclouds is comparable to that of…

  • Finland in store for thunderstorms and possible tornadoes

    Finland in store for thunderstorms and possible tornadoes

    The weather at the beginning of the week will also include strong winds, which create ideal conditions for tornadoes to form.

  • Sharp changes in Finland’s Midsummer weather

    Sharp changes in Finland’s Midsummer weather

    The Midsummer holiday forecast varies from hot and sunny to thunderstorms and heavy rains depending on the location.

  • Monday’s papers: Parties talking immigration policy, higher air travel costs, thunderstorm season

    Monday’s papers: Parties talking immigration policy, higher air travel costs, thunderstorm season

    Finnish government negotiations are expected to focus on the most divisive issues this week, including immigration policy.

  • Copenhagen arrives: did someone mention thunder snow?

    Four seasons hit Copenhagen this afternoon with sun, sleet, snow and rain on the programme! Exactly how much precipitation will fall is in the hands of the gods, and it is not expected to be very windy. However, it seems that the capital can expect a rare phenomenon: some thunderstorms. This is caused by the…

  • The Finnish Meteorological Institute gives Finland a severe thunderstorm

    The Finnish Meteorological Institute gives Finland a severe thunderstorm

    On Wednesday afternoon, an electric storm system will arrive in Finland from the west, bringing plenty of heavy rain showers and strong winds. The Finnish Meteorological Institute told the news agency STT that the thunderstorms will start at 2:30 p.m. when the storm descends between the cities of Pori and Vaasa. The strongest thunderstorms and…

  • Local Round-Up: Thunderstorm threat towards Eastern Denmark later today

    Local Round-Up: Thunderstorm threat towards Eastern Denmark later today

    There is crazy weather and then there is Danish weather. Right now, reports TV2, it is a sweltering 28.8 degrees in Brandelev in South Zealand on a day when plus-30 temperatures are forecast in most of South-Eastern Denmark. But at Holsterbro in North-West Jutland it is only 17.1 degrees due to the cooling effects of…

  • A 2.8 magnitude earthquake rumbles in Finnish Lapland

    A 2.8 magnitude earthquake rumbles in Finnish Lapland

    In the municipality of Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland, a 2.8 magnitude earthquake shocked the residents on Friday morning. According to local information, the shaking was strong and was felt by the residents of the neighboring municipality of Muonio, about 50 kilometers away. Tuija LuhtaA seismologist at the Institute of Seismology at the University of Helsinki…

  • The capital region says goodbye due to the heat wave on Monday

    The capital region says goodbye due to the heat wave on Monday

    “Looks like we’re getting a respite from the heat and hopefully some rain,” he commented. Today is the last day in Uusimaa so far with temperatures over 25 degrees. The forecast promises 20–25 degrees for Tuesday and 18–20 degrees for Wednesday. Showers are forecast to start at times from Tuesday and more often, and a…

  • Finland is preparing for a busy weekend of music festivals and cultural events

    Finland is preparing for a busy weekend of music festivals and cultural events

    On the first weekend of July, numerous music festivals and cultural events are organized in different parts of Finland. The three-day Tuska Open Air Metal Festival starts on Friday in the capital’s Suvilahti. The heavy metal event was canceled last year due to Covid-related restrictions for the gathering of more than 500 people. In 2019,…

  • Heat warnings all over Finland this weekend

    Heat warnings all over Finland this weekend

    The hot weather celebrating Midsummer will continue this weekend. Except for the northernmost part of Lapland, the temperatures will be above 30 degrees on Friday and Saturday, according to Ylen Meteorologi Elias Paakkanen. Although the weather is mostly sunny, isolated thunderstorms are possible. On Friday, Paakkanen said thunderstorms in Lapland and Åland, while on Saturday…

  • HS: The worst heat wave is yet to come, as the blocking altitude stays in place until Sunday

    HS: The worst heat wave is yet to come, as the blocking altitude stays in place until Sunday

    Temperatures are forecast to remain above 25 degrees in the next few days, falling below the high levels observed in many areas on Monday. However, Saturday is expected to be the hottest day of the week. “Saturday seems to be very hot and mostly bright. Temperatures above 30 degrees should be widely visible in the…

  • Christmas in Denmark: The inn’s audience

    Christmas in Denmark: The inn’s audience

    Christmas in Denmark begins on the first Sunday in Advent. No, scratch it… Christmas in Denmark begins on J-Day, the launch of Tuborg’s Christmas beer in early November. No scratch that… Christmas in Denmark begins with the Santa Claus conference in Bakken… in July. Wait a minute! The Danish words for July and Christmas are…

  • Warming temperatures are increasingly changing the structure of the atmosphere, scientists are finding

    Warming temperatures are increasingly changing the structure of the atmosphere, scientists are finding

    The study, published in Science Advances, is based on decades of weather balloon observations and specialized satellite measurements to determine the extent to which the peak of the atmosphere rises. This area, the tropopause, raises the boundary of the stratosphere by about 50 to 60 meters (about 165 to 195 feet) in a decade. The…

  • Local Round-Up: Change of cemeteries to make room for more park area in Frederiksberg

    Local Round-Up: Change of cemeteries to make room for more park area in Frederiksberg

    Frederiksberg Municipality plans to rebuild part of Solbjerg Park Cemetery to create more park area near Copenhagen Zoo. The cemetery is located next to Frederiksberg’s most famous parks, Frederiksberg Garden and Sondermarken. It is surrounded by a marked 150-year-old red brick wall that may need to be relocated to meet plans. Municipal change Frederiksberg Municipality…

  • The late summer sun is reserved for Jutland on a cool weekend

    He says that on Friday it is only west of the Jutland ridge and up in the area around Thy that it looks mostly dry all day. For the rest of the country, the day offers local showers and rather cloudy weather, while on Zealand and Bornholm there is also a small risk of experiencing…

  • Autumn storm in the middle of Finland

    Autumn storm in the middle of Finland

    From Tuesday, much of Finland will become wetter, colder and windier, according to the Yle weather forecast. "I don’t want to say this in mid-August, but it looks like autumn is coming. Rain, wind and cool temperatures are expected," Ylen meteorologist Anniina Valtonen said Tuesday afternoon. The first rain in the weather system began on…

  • Almost a hundred lightning bolts in two and a half hours

    Almost a hundred lightning bolts in two and a half hours

    Yesterday there was a thunderstorm in the southern highlands that lasted for about two and a half hours. According to Ingibjörg Jóhannsdóttir, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute, the first reports of lightning were received from the area north of Lake Laugarvatn and then from around the Sultartangi power plant. A total of 96…

  • Forecast: Warm Midsummer weekend in stock

    Forecast: Warm Midsummer weekend in stock

    Finland’s weather forecast for Midsummer weekend requires warm temperatures, but unstable conditions. The hottest temperatures of the heat wave of recent days have dropped, and slightly cooler conditions are expected on Friday (Midsummer’s Eve), Saturday (Midsummer’s Day) and Sunday, according to Yle Meteorologist Matti Huutonen. "On Friday we are in the south about 25-27 degrees.…

  • One died in Oulu when meteorologists warned of future thunderstorms

    One died in Oulu when meteorologists warned of future thunderstorms

    Oulu Shopping Center Valkea shopping center had to be evacuated due to water damage caused by floods. Emergency services in the area were called in to respond to nearly 150 incidents caused by the storm on Monday. Strong winds also damaged the roofs of several buildings in the area, including the Radisson Blu Hotel. The…

  • See: A thunderstorm hits Oulu on Monday

    See: A thunderstorm hits Oulu on Monday

    The city of Oulu was torn apart by an unusually strong thunderstorm, which caused extensive damage and flooding on Monday afternoon. The storm, which began to hit the west coast town with heavy rain and strong winds around 2:30 p.m., felled trees and flooded several shops in the downtown area. By about 5 p.m., local…

  • The heat wave continues as temperatures are expected to rise to record highs

    The heat wave continues as temperatures are expected to rise to record highs

    The temperature in the city of Heinola in Päijät-Häme (Southern Finland) has already been 30.9 degrees – the highest so far. Meteorologists predict that mercury will rise even higher as the week progresses. The highest temperature ever in the city of Ähtäri in southern Ostrobothnia was 33.8 degrees in June in 1935. Experts believe this…

  • The weather is on the side of both football and Christmas Eve

    – The weather changed on Sunday as a result of a cold front, and Zealand and Lolland-Falster can expect rain and thunderstorms coming in from the south on Monday. In the early afternoon, it can cause cloudbursts with short-term precipitation in some places between 15 and 25 millimeters, she says. Late in the morning, the…

  • Heavy rain caused cloudbursts in several places in Southern Jutland

    On Sunday, there has been noise, bangs and lots of rain, especially in the southwestern part of the country. According to the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), cloudbursts have been registered in at least two places. This applies, among other things, to Tønder and Store Jyndevad in Southern Jutland, where more than 15 millimeters of rain…

  • Finland sun in warm, sunny weather on the graduation weekend

    Finland sun in warm, sunny weather on the graduation weekend

    Warm, dry weather is expected throughout Finland for the next few days as the people celebrate Saturday’s graduations and the start of school holidays. The highest temperatures are mostly in the mid-20th century and reach up to 27 degrees Celsius in parts of the north and east. The temperature is usually a little cooler on…

  • Overnight rains bring half a month of rain to Central Finland

    Overnight rains bring half a month of rain to Central Finland

    Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit central Finland on Wednesday night, causing local flooding and street damage. Pyry PoutanenA meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute said that the thunderstorm was accompanied by a warm, humid air mass, which is not typical at this time of year. The overnight storm caused local floods and water damage, especially…

  • Tuesday’s newspapers: Vaccine confidence, stimulus vote, storm warnings

    Tuesday’s newspapers: Vaccine confidence, stimulus vote, storm warnings

    Turku Turku Sanomat transports survey survey which shows that more than 80 percent of Finns believe that the benefits of coronavirus vaccines outweigh the possible negative effects. A survey commissioned by the EVA shows that a slightly lower proportion, 77 per cent, are convinced that vaccines are both safe and effective. The oldest respondents trusted…

  • SMHI warns of heavy thunder tonight

    SMHI warns of heavy thunder tonight

    SMHI has issued a class 1 warning for Bohuslän, Gothenburg and the Sjuhärad area during Thursday evening due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. Class 1 warning means that there may be extensive and frequent thunderstorms that cause major disruptions to electricity and telephone traffic. Locally, it can also mean very strong gusts and torrential rain.

  • Monday comes the summer on a quick visit to Denmark

    Monday comes the summer on a quick visit to Denmark

    – I would think that the warmest temperatures will probably be measured on Zealand, northeastern Funen, Djursland and in northeastern Jutland, says Anja Bodholdt, meteorologist on duty at DMI, early Monday morning. The night before Monday there have been many thunderstorms. Some of them quite powerful. – At the moment, a thunderstorm is on its…

  • Sunny Sunday can end with thunder and cloudbursts

    Sunny Sunday can end with thunder and cloudbursts

    After some good hours of sunshine, several parts of Denmark risk being hit by cloudburst on Sunday afternoon and evening. This is what meteorologist Lars Henriksen from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) says. The criterion for a cloudburst is that more than 15 millimeters of rain falls in 30 minutes. Lars Henriksen notes that it…