High winds, rain and heavy snow predicted in Europe
Pastor Dale Morgan
High winds, rain and heavy snow predicted in Europe*
GENEVA (AP) — A low pressure system moving from Scandinavia to Central
Europe could cause high winds heavy rain and or heavy snowfall, a
European weather service said Thursday.
Germany and Denmark had warned of wind gusts of up to 78 mph for the
weather pattern, which is expected to last through Friday, said
EUMETNET, a Geneva-based U.N. European network of 23 national
meteorological services.
A moist northerly current in Central Europe also could cause high winds,
"but even more damaging might be the extreme amounts of rain and fresh
snow to be expected on the northern fringe of the Alps," the statement said.
It added that more than 3 feet of snow could fall, "causing larger
avalanches at a very early stage of the winter period."
Dutch port authorities prepared to close Europe's largest harbor in
Rotterdam because of predicted storm surges as high as 13 feet and winds
of up to 60 mph.