So after a rather warm start to September, the temperature has dropped and there were even (Facebook) reports yesterday of snow in Jyväskylä. Someone even said it was hail. Further investigation reveals it was more likely a mixture of sleet and/or ice pellets, or räntä, as the Finns call it.
Being in Sydney unfortunately I wasn't able to get any photos myself, but a few decent shots can be found in this article on the website of local media source Keskisuomalainen. Sorry it's in Finnish for those who don't speak it, but I'm linking it purely for the images. Credit goes to the original photographer of course.
I got word that while there was 'snow' in the air, not a lot was settling on the ground. That would make sense seeing as the temperature only reached as low as 1.1C yesterday morning, the time when the precipitation fell. Temperatures pushed to just over 5C later in the day.
This is quite a drop in temperatures given that it was hovering around 15C less than a week ago. I'm also curious how many times, if ever, there has been the first observations of sleet after summer before the temperature has dropped below zero. Jyväskylä is still waiting for that sub-zero recording. Yesterday's low of 0.9C observed later in the evening was the lowest daily minimum since May 16.
As I write this it's only 3.15am in Finland and the temperature is currently at 1.0C in Jyväskylä. Forecasts show a brief period of clear skies and temperatures of 0C for 6am, so let's see if it finally drops below 0C. Possible wet snow followed by rain is forecast for the rest of the day with a maximum of only 5C later in the evening.
And I'm just throwing this in here, but meanwhile in Sydney, it's currently 31C at 10.20am...
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