Snow and wind in Jyväskylä, cool weekend in Sydney

A good amount of snow fell in Jyväskylä over the weekend. Saturday saw the biggest falls before more snow arrived on Sunday morning and again in the afternoon. The Jyväskylä weather station in Tikkakoski currently has a reading of 4cm, but there appears to be slightly more than that outside. If it weren't for temperatures pushing above zero yesterday there would be more.

A good amount of snow fell in Jyväskylä on November 30

Saturday was only the 4th day of November entirely below zero, reaching -0.6C. December started off yesterday with the kind of temperature you'd prefer not to see here at this time of year, reaching 1.0C. Temperatures declined yesterday afternoon as strong northerly and northwesterly winds made their way east across Finland. I saw a wind gust recording of 19m/s (68km/h) at 6:20pm, which was stronger than the strongest gust from last Thursday's brief snow storm. It was -12.3C this morning thanks to those cold northerlies and clear skies.

Sun greeting Jyväskylä this morning as the thermometer read -8C

Temperatures in Jyväskylä during the last several days have been a bit like a yo-yo. A few low pressure systems have been moving east through the northern half of Finland in the last week, resulting in a combination of cold and warm air. Northerly winds have been blowing cold air from the Arctic, but westerly and southwesterly winds are resulting in warmer temperatures. The next few days will see a similar pattern. It should rise to 2C tomorrow, but drop below -10C in the early hours of Wednesday before reaching only -6C in the afternoon.

It has still been relatively cool in Sydney. November ended with another day below average, getting to only 21.6C. December didn't start too differently, getting slightly warmer and reaching 22.7C. Today has been warmer though going above 25C to 25.6C. Daily minimums were also below average during the weekend, with Saturday's 14.4C helping to drop November's average minimum further. Sunday's minimum was also below 15C at 14.9C.

There isn't anything too spectacular showing in Sydney's forecast for the next week. Fairly average weather is expected with Wednesday being the pick of the next few days with sunny conditions and a predicted top of 29C.