During Tuesday, SMHI issued an orange warning, which means serious consequences for society and danger for the public, throughout Norra Götaland.

This after a low pressure is expected to move in over the area and bring with it heavy precipitation in the form of snow and strong winds.

Up to 30 centimeters of wet snow may fall here.

In Östergötland, Västergötland, Dalsland and northern Småland, anything between 10 and 30 centimeters of snow may fall until Thursday morning.

SMHI therefore lasts for very limited access on roads and slow traffic due to slippage.

- It is mainly in Bohuslän that this creates problems, and it starts as early as 06:00 in the morning and continues until lunch, according to SVT's meteorologist Tora Tomasdottir. 

Unsecured lanes are closed

Altogether, snow warnings apply to an area that stretches from Stockholm and Torsby in Värmland and south down to Växjö and north of Gothenburg.

The warnings for southern Sveland, northern Götaland and northern Bohuslän also apply during Thursday morning. 

At the same time, power outages are likely in areas with overhead lines.

Therefore, the Swedish Transport Administration will close some of the lanes that are not secured during the day.  

- We will close some of the lanes depending on what the weather allows, says Trafikverket's press communicator Felicia Danielsson.  

- The large trunk tracks are trunk-secured, but the smaller ones that are not secured can, for example, have trees fall on them.

Therefore, we close them.

The Swedish Transport Agency's call: Be careful in traffic

In the areas where the orange warning prevails, traffic is expected to be more difficult and visibility may become poor.

The combination of strong winds and freezing rain makes the road conditions particularly unsafe.  

The Swedish Transport Administration states that motorists need to pay particular attention to road conditions, even if heavy vehicles are hit the hardest.  

- Even though trucks are the ones that have the most trouble with the slippage, you have to remember that you can still be affected by the queues as a motorist, says Danielsson.

Watch SVT's meteorologist Tora Tomasdottir tell more about Wednesday's storm in the video above.