Warm temperatures lasting into autumn across Sweden
Warm winds from Africa mean temperatures over 20 degrees Celsius in some of Sweden this week.
“It looks like the tropical summer will last a while” says Alexandra Ohlsson, meteorologist at the weather service SMHI.
Warm winds were expected to be felt starting Tuesday in southern and mid-Sweden, and it should get even warmer on Wednesday. In northern cities such as Sundsvall, it will be around 10 degrees on Wednesday and in the Arctic city of Jokkmokk 6 degrees, rising to the weekend.
Next week’s temperatures will be cooler but still mild for autumn, says Alexandra Ohlsson to Swedish Radio News.
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