Are you still on the mountains at Easter, you should head for home as soon as you wake up. It is notified storms and bad driving another Easter Sunday.
For the longer one waits, the greater the risk of a convoy and closed mountain passes.
– If you still find yourself on Easter mountains we advise you to get home as soon as possible, said traffic operator Christof Key-Nilsen at road traffic Management Centre to VG.
on highway 7 over Hardangervidda road is closed to vehicles with total weight below 7.5 tons, while for heavy vehicles is the convoy because of bad weather.
Highway 14 Vikafjellet is closed due to landslides, and will not be opened today.
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– Pack warm clothes and food
Road traffic Management Centre says that anyone who moves across the mountains today should follow the traffic messages beyond. The weather can change quickly and the expected convoy of several mountain stretches throughout the day.
– You should prepare for that one can linger in line or in convoy. Therefore, one should make sure there is enough fuel in the car, that you have a little extra warm clothes and something to eat, says traffic operator VG.
Because of the gloomy forecasts began home the go from the mountains at Easter already Saturday , with up to six hours queuing across the plateau.
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Alerted gale
But still many are in the mountains at Easter, and they should get home as soon as possible. Meteorologist Roar Teigen Storm says that he advises motorists who have not gone home yet, to do so before 12 o’clock.
– It’s just getting out of bed and be running in the car to drive home, he says to TV2 Monday morning.
Also, the duty officer at the Meteorological Institute forecasts that it will be demanding conditions in the mountains today and the Easter tourists should get home as soon as possible.
– It’s already stiff breeze in some places and the wind will increase beyond the afternoon and evening. The worst it gets in the western and northern parts of southern Norway, says Nina Larsgård VG.
– Should we be in the cabin if you have the opportunity?
– For most people it is most appropriate to get away as soon as possible. But there is enough in the afternoon and evening there will be bad, and it seems to calm down a little tomorrow, says Larsgård.
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ATTENTION forecast
Meteorological Institute sent Monday morning out fresh OBS forecast for large parts of southern Norway.
the next day is expected between 10 and 20 millimeters of snow in the mountains. Local can get up to 30 millimeters of rain the next day.
In the counties, Telemark, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark, Rogaland and Hordaland been announced strong winds and periods of rainfall that will make driving conditions on the mountain passes south of the country difficult.
in Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal and Sør-Trøndelag is that, in addition to difficult conditions in the mountains waiting southerly gale in exposed areas. Here the wind can reach 25-35 meters per second.
Traffic announcements Monday:
Rv 7 over Hardangervidda
convoy on because of bad weather. May be closed at short notice.
E69 between Skarsvåg and Nordkapp
convoy. From Skarsvåg kl. 11:00 and noon. 12:00. From Nordkapp kl. 13:00 and. 13.45.
E6 by Stormo, in Balsfjord municipality
Closed due to traffic accident.
Highway 14 over Vikafjellet :
Closed due to landslides, and will not be opened today.
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