Challenging weather all week: "Norway continues to bathe in the sun and heat – but now comes thunderstorms

If you have run out of shorts or if you no longer have sunscreen and are wondering if you need to buy new this year, there is no need nothing to wait. In any case, if reports to the Meteorological Institute for the coming week will light up.

The whole country is now entering a week with a rather hot and stable summer time. The reason is the favorable location, with warm air currents dominating the weather, all the way from Lindesnes to Nordkapp. But also gray clouds threaten more places.

Danger of thunder

– Monday there will be precipitation in the west of Norway and in Trøndelag. This will also go to Østafjells, where you can have very heavy rains and thunder, especially in areas south of Mjøsa, says state meteorologist Espen Biseth Granan in Dagbladet.

Despite shorter periods of fairly intense rainfall, According to the meteorologist, it is not enough to significantly reduce forest fires.

In many places, the risk of forest fires is very high for a long time. Last Saturday, forest fires exploded in Oslo and Hordaland. Several people, houses and cabins were evacuated. And already on Tuesday, the chances of precipitation are considerably reduced.

The temperature will remain in East and North Norway in the mid-20s. So, after all, a cooler week will be judged than what has been seen recently. Nevertheless, there is still no reason to find the wardrobe, for those who live in the south.

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– It will be dry and hot Østafjells of Tuesday, and of the week. There is some increase in the risk of afternoon breaks compared to the weeks that have gone but nothing significant. It is also unthinkable that there will be thunder in the days following Monday, "explains Granan

Dry and Warm

Western Norway has had a much hotter summer and In May, Bergen broke its previous heat record when it was measured at 31.2 degrees C. The days ahead will not be sun-thirsty Westerners, even though the temperature is well below that from the beginning of summer

According to the meteorologist, it will be dry and hot from Tuesday, with temperatures above 20 degrees C. There is also a risk of showers after -midi, but not much precipitation.

Similarly, like Norway, West Norway will get an improvement in the weather situation after Monday the rains have been affected. stick crying over 20 of beyond the week.

The dry is wet in the north

The northerners did not have the beginning of summer the hottest, with snows and degrees of cold in some places in June. But next week, North Trondheim can also fish the shorts of the wardrobe.

– In Bodø, it is likely to be below 20 degrees. The same thing is also seen in Tromsø, but you go more in the country, towards Bardufoss, you move and you just have more than 20 heat. A dry start of the week, however, will be followed by shots when hell approaches north, says Granan.