Joggers ran along the misty waterfront in Pohjoisranta, Helsinki, on 27 December 2024. Weather in the capital region is expected to turn from gray to bright and colder starting on Monday, 30 December, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). (Vesa Moilanen – Lehtikuva)
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BRIGHT WINTERY weather is set to come back to Helsinki, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
Eveliina Tuovinen, an on-duty meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), stated to the daily newspaper yesterday evening that the weather will become brighter and colder after the subsiding of overnight showers.
“After [the showers] the weather will start getting colder, and we’ll be seeing the sun for the first time in a while. We’ll get a bit more wintery feel,” she said.
Tuovinen added that the sun should make its long-awaited reappearance at around noon today – around the same time as temperatures are expected to start dropping. While the mercury is today expected to drop no more than a degree below the freezing point, the next night could already be notably colder.
“We’re gradually moving toward sub-zero temperatures,” she said.
On New Year’s Eve, weather in the capital region should be bright and wintery, with the mercury staying a couple of degrees below the freezing point.
“The night will be more cloudy, but the clouds are so high that they shouldn’t prevent you from seeing the fireworks.”
Early on Wednesday, a low-pressure system is expected to arrive in the region, possibly leaving behind it a snow cover in Helsinki. Tuovinen added that although the forecast is associated with uncertainty, it is currently looking very likely that snowfall will commemorate the first day of the new year.
The snow should also stay on the ground as current forecasts show no end to sub-zero temperatures. Tuovinen told Helsingin Sanomat that temperatures could drop below 10°C also in southern parts of the country at the end of the first week of January.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT
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Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi
