Tough job delivering food to nursing homes in Umeå during the snow chaos

Umeå municipality's street operation manager is critical of the fact that SMHI only issued a yellow warning for snow until Friday, when there was more snow in Umeå than the forecast said.

If the municipality had known about it, they would have re-prioritized more staff for Friday, says Per Hilmersson, street operation manager, Umeå municipality, when he was interviewed by P4 Västerbotten.

SMHI responds:

- These are forecasts we work with. In advance, it is difficult to say exactly how it will turn out. We are looking at the most likely development, says SMHI's Sanna Fyrstedt, group manager within the forecasting and warning service, to P4 Västerbotten.

She says that they will look at why it deviated from the forecast this time.

Skellefteå municipality still has a lot of work to do with snow removal after the massive amount of snow that has fallen on the municipality in recent days. The municipality has issued a message to residents:

- We are aware that the snow removal right now means some inconvenience for those of you who live along our roads, not least in the form of plow banks at driveways and snow piles on properties.

They are working hard to remove the snow and restore accessibility, writes the municipality.

- We are doing everything we can to ensure that the work goes as quickly as possible, but need to prioritize the major roads in the first instance to ensure that everyone can get around in a safe and secure manner.

The snow warnings have been removed, but on Saturday morning there are still difficult road conditions on the E4 between Umeå and Skellefteå, with repeated recovery work.

- There has been traffic chaos, says Robin Grimland at the police to TT.

During the night, several stationary trucks at Bygdeå created a stop in the southbound direction. At eight o'clock on Saturday morning, the trucks had time to be salvaged, according to the Swedish Transport Administration's website.

- During the small hours it has calmed down a bit, but it has snowed copious amounts, says Robin Grimland at the police.

According to SMHI, Saturday begins with clear weather over most of the country. Towards the afternoon cloudiness increases from the west and towards the evening snowfall is expected in southern Norrland's mountains.