Heavy snow is set to continue in Denmark throughout Thursday evening and into Friday. Which parts of the country will be worst-hit?

Up to 15 centimetres of snow could fall in a six-hour interval on Thursday in parts of Denmark.

Zealand, Funen and parts of East Jutland will get the heaviest snow coverings as the freezing precipitation moves northwards from Germany, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) said on Thursday.

Heavy snow is forecast for almost the entire country, and some areas will be hit by snow storms, which are defined as winds exceeding ten metres per second combined with between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow over six hours.

DMI defines heavy snowfall as more than 15 centimetres of snow within six hours.

The weather ““will be worst this evening in central and eastern parts of Zealand, but it will spread to the rest of the country,” DMI meteorologist Martin Lindberg told news wire Ritzau.

A DMI severe weather alert due to snow storms had already been issued for North Jutland, and currently applies to most of the eastern half of the country and large parts of Jutland. The latest alerts can be checked on the weather agency’s website.

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The current weather alerts are in place for 48 hours, DMI’s website states, with snow expected to continue until Friday evening.

Slightly higher temperatures in south-eastern parts of the country on Friday morning and into the afternoon, could cause some of the precipitation to turn into sleet or rain, however.

The Danish Emergency Management Agency (Beredskabsstyrelsen, DEMA) said on Thursday it had snowploughs and extra personnel ready to be deployed quickly in response to the conditions.

“We advise everyone to follow local advice from the police and other authorities,” the agency said in a social media post.

Police in the Central and Western Zealand District said arrangements had been made for the armed forces and DEMA to assist with snowploughs, off-road ambulances and four-wheel-drive vehicles.

The Danish Roads Directorate has also urged motorists to drive cautiously and take the conditions into account.