Thursday has been rainy and windy all over the country, storm readings have been measured in Perämere. More heavy rains and wind gusts are expected.
Illustration of a rainy day Steps Leino / AL
Rainy and windy weather will continue in parts of the country for the rest of the week. In the north, it’s getting close to freezing.
– On Friday, the heaviest rains will be concentrated in the southern and western parts of the country and in Western Lapland, the wind is widely gusty. The weather will cool down for the weekend. On Saturday, the rains will be even more widespread, on Sunday the weather will be dustier and sunnier. In central and northern Lapland, some of the rain during the rest of the week will be snow, says Foreca.
On the night before Friday, in the clear areas of Lapland, the temperature will drop a bit below freezing. In general, in the north and in the provinces of Ostrobothnia, the night temperatures are a little around 5 plus degrees on both sides, and in the southern and central parts of the country 8–14 plus degrees.
– Low pressure with rain is moving over Finland towards the northeast. The wind is gusty in the southern and central part of the country, in the evening there are gusty winds as far as Lapland. There is a big variation in the amount of rain on Friday: 10–30 millimeters of water will fall in many places, 5–10 millimeters in the east and Kainuu. In northern Lapland, there is dust in some places, Foreca meteorologist Anna Latvala tells.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute issued a wind and wave warning for Friday, which applies to southern Finland and almost all sea areas. The Finnish Meteorological Institute also published an observational video of the progress of the gusts.
– Low pressure will arrive from the southwest on Friday, which will bring heavy rains and strong gusts in some places. Especially near the southern coast, it can rain heavily from time to time and Gusts can be strong during the afternoon rush hour. In the video, there are rains on the left, gusts on the right, the Meteorological Institute’s X account says.
Up to 10 centimeters of snow
On Friday, 1–5 centimeters of snow may fall locally in Central and Northern Lapland.
During the day on Friday, the temperature in the southern and central part of the country will be widely 13–18 degrees, in Ostrobothnia it will be in phases of 10 degrees. In many places in the north it is 7–13 degrees, but in central and northern Lapland only 3–8 degrees.
– On Friday evening, the wind will strengthen even more in the southern sea areas. From Friday evening, there may be storm gusts on the south coast. It is possible that between Friday night and Saturday morning, the wind will be on the side of the storm in the middle wind.
The temperatures on the night before Saturday will range from 8-13 degrees in the east to the freezing temperatures of Käsivarren Lapland.
There will be a lot of change in the weather inside Finland on Saturday. The wind is starting to weaken.
– In the south it will rain in places throughout the day, in the middle of the country the rains and the most Cloudiness will gradually give way to the east, and in Central and Northern Lapland there will be rain and snow in places. In the northeastern part of Lapland, there may still be about 20 millimeters of water in some places. Similar amounts of rain are also forecast in the Gulf of Finland. It remains to be seen whether the heaviest rains will stay at sea or whether there will be heavy rains in places on the south coast, says Anna Latvala.
On Saturday, 1-5 centimeters of snow may fall locally in Central and Northern Lapland, and in places up to 5-10 centimeters in the eastern part of Inari and Utsjoki.
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