Sweden's public weather forecaster SMHI has issued yellow warnings for the Skagerrak and Kattegat seas, but not the Öresund Strait between Denmark and Skåne, with the worst affected area expected to be the west coast between Halmstad and the Norwegian border. 

At 6pm, the storm was still crossing Denmark and Western Norway with the heaviest weather crossing the Skagerrak on the wat to the coast north of Gothenburg.  

Storm Floris hit the west coast of Norway and Denmark on Monday evening. Photo: SMHI

Source: SMHI

Gothenburg 

At 11pm, Gothenburg is forecast to be hit by heavy rain combined with winds that will include gusts of up to 14 m/s. The rains will stop at about 4pm, but the high winds will continue all day with gusts reaching as high as 20 m/s by about 7pm on Tuesday, with winds then slowly decreasing over Wednesday. 

Halmstad 

The storm will hit Halmstad, in the centre of the west coast, at about 2am, with winds of 12 m/s and gusts of 19 m/s, combined with heavy rain. The rain will stop at about 5am, but high winds will continue throughout Tuesday. 

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Malmö 

It's expected to rain in Malmö from about 9pm on Monday with the rain getting heaviest at about 3am, when the wind will reach 9 m/s with gusts of 17 m/s. 

Lund 

Rain will start in Lund at about 11pm on Monday, reaching its heaviest at about 2am on Tuesday, when wind speeds will reach about 8 m/s, with gusts of 14 m/s. Rain will stop by 6am on Tuesday.