Thursday night into early Friday morning brought quite heavy snowfall in the eastern half of the country while the west remained clear, and ambient temperatures of -4 degrees Celsius to -2 degrees felt colder still with the northerly winds in gusts up to 16 meters per second.

The cloud cover continues Friday morning, though the sun will peep through in places in the west. Temperatures remain unchanged, though the snowfall is confined further to the east and mostly along the shores of Peipsi järv. The wind direction has moved slightly, to the northwest.

The day will remain cloudy with some clear spells along the north coast and in the west, with some snow forecast in the Tallinn area, western Estonia, and over Hiiumaa, driven by northwesterlies of 6-10 meters per second, in gusts up to 15 meters per second.

Daytime temperatures are set to rise above zero, though just to +1-2 degrees, in the southwest and on the islands, while the mercury will hover around zero in the north and center, and remain at around -2 degrees in the northeast and southeast.

In the evening, snowfall will be confined to the northwest.

Friday night will be colder still, with the average temperature being -5 degrees nationwide. Saturday daytime will be warmer, at +3 on average, and somewhat clearer skies are forecast.

While Saturday will be dry, Sunday will see sleet, rain, and snow in places, and an average temperature of +1 nationwide.

Sunday night will be cold again and the first day of the new work week will still bring an average ambient temperature of around zero. After another cold night, Tuesday's temperatures are forecast to be milder, at +5 degrees.

Dawn was at 6.40 a.m. today, while sunset is at around 6.20 p.m. By contrast, on Monday the respective times will be around 10 minutes earlier and later respectively.

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