Blizzard warning crushes Sweden’s spring hope

[Mark]

Just when Swedes were getting their hopes up for some spring sunshine – after all, it is April 12 – they’ve been warned that more fresh snow is on the way.

Sweden’s weather agency (SMHI) issued a class 1 weather warning saying that the west-central regions of Värmland and Dalarna can expect 20cm (8 inches) of wet snow between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The rest of the country will see stormy weather over the weekend, too.

The snow clouds heading towards the mountain region of Dalarna on Friday morning came in from Denmark and look set to move south on Friday afternoon.

The stormy weather is expected to reach central and northern parts of Sweden on Saturday.

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