The Meteorological Institute is starting to get a pretty clear picture of what New Year’s weather will be like across the country.
It’s far from the whole country being blessed with warm weather on December 31, if we are to believe state meteorologist Martin Granerød’s predictions.
It doesn’t have good news for residents living north of Stad and Dovre:
– From here and up to Troms the weather will be characterized by sleet and snow showers. It’s changing, quite simply; some staying times, some with little precipitation such as sleet or snow, says Granerød.
In the most exposed places, it can blow up with a small gale, but especially in this area it should be okay for people to launch rockets, according to the meteorologist.
In Troms and Finnmark it will be mostly cloudy.
– There may be some light snow in Troms and the lowlands, but outer areas of Finnmark seem to be escaping the precipitation. In other words, there will be a stay here and good conditions to see New Year’s rockets, says Granerød.
– Slipping away
Further south, the weather is a little more uncertain, especially for Agder and Rogaland. Here, some forecasts point to persistent weather on New Year’s Eve.
Other forecasts predict precipitation in the form of sleet and snow, which will fall as rain on the coast.
– Vestland mainly seems to be letting go of this front which is located and threatens a little south of the North Sea. Here it will mainly be dwell time, that is, good New Year’s weather. There may be occasional showers in the Nordfjord, which will then fall as sleet or snow.
– I see rockets
According to the forecaster, Eastern Norway will also escape this front, according to all solar signs.
The weather here will most likely be cloudy to partly cloudy.
– At the same time: Since there are still a couple of days left, one cannot completely ignore the fact that this front is moving further north than it seems so far, says Granerød.
– So the fact that it’s cloudy doesn’t necessarily mean anything to the rocket’s sights?
– It’s about how high the cloud cover is. There is likely to be high cloud cover and if so, you can see flares.
