[Racer Duck]

The stages of the 2008 World Rally Championship's only winter event, Rally Sweded, look a lot more like they should do this morning after 10cm of snow fell overnight.



Until yesterday the region where the stages are based - between the towns of Hagfors Torsby and Karlstad - was largely free of the snow banks and white, wintry landscape the rally is famous for.

But the snow finally arrived yesterday evening and a local resident said today that more was expected over the coming days. “The forecast shows more snow almost every day between now and next week,” he said. “Near the stages the temperature is expected to be somewhere between -4 degrees and +2 degrees - which should mean the snow will pack down nicely.”

The Uddeholm Swedish Rally starts at 2004hrs on Thursday 7 February with a Superspecial stage in host town, Karlstad.

[Racer Duck]

Imagine that, snow in Sweden in the wintertime...

Here's a description of this year's event plus a video of last year's Rally Sweden. World Rally Championship - Rallies - Uddeholm Swedish Rally

[Bette]

The title of this one really grabbed my attention
Tell you what, we have another storm system headed this way. If it would help out, we will send it on to Sweden instead.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bette

The title of this one really grabbed my attention
Tell you what, we have another storm system headed this way. If it would help out, we will send it on to Sweden instead.

as long as you keep it north of the Mason-Dixon, I don't care where you send it.

I was really surprised when I read the news that there was zero snow on the ground in that part of Sweden. If you look Karlstad up on the map, it's about a third of the way up on the east coast of Sweden. Not a place I'd think would be snow free in January!