Saturday was the most well liked day of the yr – now the rain is coming

– It was a highly regarded Saturday, particularly in Trøndelag and in Western Norway, says state meteorologist Terje Alsvik Walløe to NTB.

Temperatures virtually topped 30 levels for the primary time. They have been closest in Meråker in Trøndelag, the place the thermometer confirmed 29.8 levels.

– It’s the warmest temperature of the yr to date. It isn’t typically that you simply get this excessive in Might, the place the temperatures have been unusually excessive so early within the season. It has been very summery, says Walløe.

The second highest temperature recorded in Norway on Saturday was at Voss with 29.4 levels.

Not tropical night time

And Saturday’s excessive temperatures lasted into the night time. However it wasn’t sufficient for the yr’s first tropical night time to tick in. Tropical night time is when temperatures don’t fall beneath 20 levels through the interval 20 within the night to eight within the morning.

– The closest they got here was in Frosta in Trøndelag, the place temperatures have been by no means beneath 19 levels. It was a sizzling night time in Oslo too, the place the minimal temperature was 17.8 levels, the meteorologist continues.

On Sunday, the excessive temperatures will proceed largely throughout the nation, however the rain showers are on the way in which. And a lot sturdy lightning and thunder is anticipated that the meteorologists have despatched out yellow hazard warning.

– Lightning is at all times harmful the place it strikes, and it’s a phenomenon that’s tough to calculate. Everybody needs to be their very own meteorologist and comply with such climate. One ought to pay attention to sturdy gusts of wind that come simply earlier than the bathe hits, says Walløe.

– Everybody will get sufficient rain

The unusually excessive temperatures in Might are over for this time with extra unstable climate characterised by intervals of rain showers in retailer.

– Within the forecasts, I don’t see any intervals of steady dry and heat climate as we now have had for a while now. The climate will likely be unpredictable going ahead, says Walløe.

Thunderstorms transfer into Monday in southern Norway, and there will likely be a number of days in a row of rain and unstable climate, however it’s going to stabilize considerably in the direction of subsequent weekend.

– Everybody will get sufficient rain. It’s constructive for agriculture and the chance of forest fires, and there are definitely extra individuals who will likely be comfortable to lastly get rain, says Walløe.