"No, there's no stable winter weather in sight," meteorologist Øyvind Johnsen told Aftenposten.no on Tuesday, despite snow flurries even along the coast.
Instead, he said an "intense low-pressure system" would move in on Thursday, and that in turn would lead to much warmer weather.
That's because the air in the system "has taken a long turn towards the south and has also been over the Bay of Biscay," Johnsen said. "Therefore it's quite mild."
The low-pressure system will pump the warm air northwards and warm up most all of Scandinavia. Rain is predicted over most of southern Norway, and as far north as Trøndelag and Nordland counties. In Bergen, it's already been raining for weeks.
So much for ardent skiers' hopes for an early trek over cross-country trails. Temperatures in some areas, including Trafjord in Møre og Romsdal, can rise as high as 15C (almost 60F).
That's unusually warm for Norway in November. Storms are likely along the coast from Vestlandet north to Troms.
Johnsen claims that wide temperature variations aren't altogether abnormal in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
"But now we're nearing the end of autumn, and it is unusual for northern Norway to have temperatures over 10C," he allowed.
