[PHOTOS] First Snow of the Season Arrives
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First snow of the season on Sljeme (Photo credit: Skijalište Sljeme)
It may be still autumn, but the first snow of the season has arrived above Zagreb and in other parts of the country on Monday.
Around 6 cm of snow has fallen on Monday morning on Sljeme just above the capital Zagreb as temperatures dropped to minus 1, with more snow expected throughout the day on Monday for a large part of the country.
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Sljeme on Monday (Photo credit: Skijalište Sljeme)
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(Photo: Skijalište Sljeme)
There was a good fall in Lika and Gorski Kotar as most of central Croatia was covered in a blanket of snow on Monday.
Up to half a metre was expected in parts on Monday for the lowlands in central and eastern Croatia.
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Highway (Photo: HAK)
Strong winds had also caused the closure of some roads also with the A1 closed between the junctions Sveti Rok and Posedarje, and the Adriatic highway between Senj and Senj-Sveta Marija Magdalena.