January 22, 2023 - After a very mild couple of weeks, snow has blanketed much of Croatia, causing chaos on the roads, reports Index.hr

A sudden cold snap in Croatia has covered much of the country in snow, including Dalmatian islands such as Vis, Brac, Hvar and Korcula (see Korcula in the video below), causing multiple problems on Croatia's roads.

The latest update from HAK (Croatian Roads) offers this advice (you can find the updated news on this link):

Throughouth the interior and in Dalmatia traffic is flowing with delays due to snow. Roads are very slippery too. Along the coast strong wind is blowing.

Due to very strong wind passenger traffic is allowed only:

• on the DC25 Gospić-Karlobag state road;
• on the section of the DC8 Adriatic road Karlobag-Sveta Marija Magdalena.

On the A7 Draga-Šmrika motorway there is a traffic ban on: doubledeckers, trailers, motorcycles, on the part of the DC8 Adriatic road Bakar-Karlobag, on the DC99 Križišće junction-Križišće state road and on the LC58107 Kraljevica-Križišće local road on the delivery vans and vehicles with covered cargo area too.

At Krk bridge traffic is suspended for: motorcycles, campers, campers with three or more axles, vans over 1,9 m of height, doubledeckers and passenger vehicles with a one-axle-trailer.

Due to winter driving conditions there is a traffic ban on freight vehicles with trailers and all other vehicles have to use the winter equipment on the following roads of

Gorski kotar mountain area:

• Karlovac-Zdihovo-Delnice-Kikovica;
• most state, regional and local roads in the area of Čabar, Vrbovsko, Delnice, Gornje Jelenje;

Lika mountain area and in the central parts:

• DC1 Vaganac-Korenica-Gračac-Knin;
• DC6 Jurovski Brod-Karlovac-Vojnić;
• DC23 Duga Resa-Generalski Stol-Josipdol-Kapela;
• DC25 Korenica-Lički Osik;
• DC27 Gračac-Zaton Obrovački;
• DC42 Josipdol-Plaški-Saborsko-Kuselj;
• DC50 Žuta Lokva (DC23)-Lički Osik, Sv. Rok-Gračac;
• DC52 Špilnik-Korenica;
• DC204 Pribanjci border crossing-Bosiljevo junction;
• DC217 Ličko Petrovo Selo-Ličko Petrovo Selo border crossing;
• DC218 Bjelopolje-Donji Lapac-Užljebić border crossing;
• DC220 Tijarica (Vukina Strana)-Kamensko;
• DC228 Jurovski Brod (DC6)-Kamanje-Ozalj-Karlovac (DC1);
• DC429 Selište Drežničko-Prijeboj;
• DC522 Udbina-Gornja Ploča;
• DC541 DC6-Novigrad junction (A1)
• ŽC5144 Sveti Juraj-Krasno;
• ŽC5140-Krasno-Otočac;
• regional and local roads in the county of Ličko-senjska.

Traffic is suspended:

• on the DC36 Karlovac-Sisak state road on the section Pokupsko-Hotnja, at Gradec Pokupski and Jamnica (due to flood);
• on the DC547 Sveti Rok-Mali Alan state road (due to winter driving conditions);
• on the ŽC5217 Bruvno-Mazin-Dobroselo and ŽC5203 Srb-Otrić regional roads (due to winter driving conditions).

On the DC5 Okučani-Lipik state road traffic is flowing with delays (driving speed limit of 30 km/h).

On the DC47 Trokut-Novska junction (A3)-Hrvatska Dubica-Hrvatska Kostajnica (DC30)-Dvor (DC6) traffic is suspended for vehicles over 7,5 tonnes (driving speed limit of 40 km/h).

Drivers are asked to adjust the way of driving and driving speed to road conditions, to keep the safety distance and not to start the journey without the winter equipment!

Difficulties can occasionally occur in roadwork areas.

April 7, 2021 - The first April snow cover in Split was recorded on Tuesday night as weird spring weather ripped across Croatia. 

It was a historic meteorological evening in Split on April 6, 2021. In the coldest moment of the evening, the temperature at the official DHMZ station, located on Marjan, measured 0.4 ° C (rounded to 0 ° C). This is only a tenth of a degree higher than the absolute minimum for April measured on April 8, 2003.

Snow fell all over the city, but higher city areas were covered, especially in neighborhoods like Visoka and Mejaši. 

Miroslav Lelas / PIXSELL

The peak of the ice wave hit Dalmatia last night at around 9 pm. Snow fell on the entire Split area, including Kaštela. In Inland Dalmatia and  Dugopolje, the snowfall was up to 20 centimeters! 

In Kaštel Gomilica, there was a real snowstorm with hurricane gusts of bura wind up to 120 km / h. Snow also fell along the coast in Vodice, Šibenik, and Brela, reports Dalmacija Danas.

Miroslav Lelas / PIXSELL

Due to strong gusts of wind on the Dinara, the cold was as high as -24 degrees. As the snow fell, the temperature dropped to 0, which is also one of the record low temperatures for Dalmatia at this time of year.

Miroslav Lelas / PIXSELL

Southern Croatia does not remember when the last snow fell in April.

And although it was only a symbolic snow cover, it is the first known snow cover in Split in April in known history, reports Dalmacija Danas.

Until this morning, Dalmatia was cut off from the rest of Croatia. Last night from 10 pm, all traffic from the interior to Dalmatia and vice versa for all categories of vehicles was prohibited, and only this morning at 6 am did traffic open, however only for personal vehicles to the junction Sveti Rok and then state roads through Gračac, Obrovac, and Karin.

Miroslav Lelas / PIXSELL

There is still no passable road to Dalmatia for delivery vehicles, buses, trucks, trucks with trailers, and tractors with semi-trailers, and HAK warns drivers not to drive if they do not have to.

While we wake up to sunny skies on Wednesday morning, at least those of us in Split can say that we experienced a historic meteorological night! 

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