The coming week should start off reasonably warm in the south, for the time of year—but that will change around Wednesday, according to Yle meteorologist Anne Borgström.
"When the week starts we’ll have warmer than usual weather in the southern part of the country," said Borgström. "In the middle of the week it’ll get cooler, closer to average temperatures, but in the north it’ll start cooling down even sooner. In Lapland it’ll be really close to zero or even below."
There will be night time frosts, which are part of any normal spring. Borgström says that conditions are normal for the time of year, with temperatures in the south a little higher than average and in Lapland a little cooler.
Less snow
Snow cover in the south of Finland is from a few centimetres to fifteen centimetres less than average and in places there is none left at all. Slightly further north snow cover is about ten centimetres less than normal, but in Lapland snow cover is at normal levels.
Temperatures are, according to Borgström, dictated by how much cloud cover there is to block sunshine from breaking through.
"But everyone really notices that from day to day the sun’s strength is growing," said Borgström. "Sure from now on we’re heading in a warmer direction, we shouldn’t be too pessimistic."