I slept only 3.5 hours - and went up again. Caught Sal just right before he went to work. As i looked at the thermometer - i was like... WOW.

A "whopping" 9°C it showed.

Not that the level itself is anything super special - it is not. But it is clearly MILD and you can FEEL it. The balcony door is OPEN, and there are a few birds SINGING.

I call that wow. After many weeks of cold weather for many weeks, with snow basically most of the time up to 30 cm. Just a couple days ago it was again all white even on the trees. Having this onset of mild weather feels totally awesome. It is that simple.

AWESOME !

Highest temperature in Sweden was Malmö with 11.0°C, while Stockholm City reported 8.9°C at the highest. And you could clearly feel that. What a difference. Yet, everything looks really gray and sort of boring. I am absolutely sure that we will see several snowfalls - with deep winter looks. Anyway - everything in its time.

For the time being, the snow cover has severely crumbled, especially today.

Quite fascinating to see.

18°C in Berlin

While the sky is overcast - i notice that the temperatures over Germany are in CLEAR SPINGTIME LEVELS: up to 20°C. Even Berlin reports 18°C. [While Catania in Sicily, Southern Italy - reports 17°C]. However just a little bit inland it has risen to 22°C.

Outlook - on the milder side

The outlook for Stockholm calls out for a relatively mild weather, a bit above temperatures (kind of like normal max temperatures you see in average, in the end of March).