Weather and Storms
Snöoväder, halka, klass 2-varning — Swedish weather and how people talk about it.
Weather at force: SMHI warnings, the plow that reblocks your drive, blixthalka and skottningsförbud — inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder.
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vädret
the weather
Tip: lit. the same — the national conversation opener.
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en väderprognos
a forecast
Tip: lit. the same.
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SMHI
the weather service
Tip: lit. the same — everyone knows the acronym.
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en vädervarning
a weather warning
Tip: lit. the same.
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en klass 2-varning
a class two warning
Tip: lit. the same — the scale everyone follows.
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en namngiven storm
a named storm
Tip: lit. the same — Gudrun, Alfrida, Malik.
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en storm
a gale
Tip: lit. the same.
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stormstyrka
gale force winds
Tip: lit. the same.
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en vindby
a gust
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett strömavbrott
a power cut
Tip: lit. the same.
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träd över ledningen
trees down over the line
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett ljus och en vevradio
a candle and a wind-up radio
Tip: lit. the same.
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snöfall
snowfall
Tip: lit. the same.
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kraftigt snöfall
heavy snow
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett snöoväder
a snowstorm
Tip: lit. the same.
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drivsnö
drifting snow
Tip: lit. the same.
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en snödriva
a snowdrift
Tip: lit. the same.
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en meter snö på en natt
a metre of snow overnight
Tip: lit. the same — Gävle, 2021.
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skotta uppfarten
to clear the drive
Tip: lit. the same.
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en snöskyffel
a snow shovel
Tip: lit. the same.
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en snöslunga
a snow blower
Tip: lit. the same.
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plogbilen kom klockan fyra
the ploughs came at four
Tip: lit. the same.
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och plogade igen uppfarten
and blocked the drive again
Tip: lit. the same — the eternal complaint.
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blixthalka
black ice
Tip: lit. 'lightning slipperiness' — sudden, invisible.
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halt
slippery underfoot
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
sanda
to grit
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
dubbdäck
studded tyres
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
vinterdäckskravet
the winter tyre rule
Tip: lit. the same — December to March, by law.
- 29
broddar på skorna
ice cleats on your shoes
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
en bruten handled i januari
a broken wrist in January
Tip: lit. the same — the commonest injury.
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tö
a thaw
Tip: lit. the same.
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och sedan frost igen
and then frost again
Tip: lit. the same — the worst combination.
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en istapp över dörren
an icicle over the door
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett skottningsförbud
a roof clearing notice
Tip: lit. the same — the tape on the pavement.
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regn
rain
Tip: lit. the same.
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ösregn
pouring down
Tip: lit. the same.
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duggregn
drizzle
Tip: lit. the same.
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regn från sidan
sideways rain
Tip: lit. the same — with wind.
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översvämning
flooding
Tip: lit. the same.
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en källare full av vatten
a cellar full of water
Tip: lit. the same.
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åska
thunder
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett blixtnedslag
a lightning strike
Tip: lit. the same.
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dra ur allt
to unplug everything
Tip: lit. the same — old habit, still sensible.
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en värmebölja
a heatwave
Tip: lit. the same.
- 45
trettio grader i Sverige
thirty degrees in Sweden
Tip: lit. the same — and nobody has air conditioning.
- 46
en brandrisk
a wildfire risk
Tip: lit. the same.
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eldningsförbud
a fire ban
Tip: lit. the same.
- 48
oavsett väder
whatever the weather
Tip: lit. the same.
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det finns inget dåligt väder
there is no bad weather
Tip: lit. the same — the first half of the proverb.
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bara dåliga kläder
only bad clothing
Tip: lit. the same — and Swedes really believe it.