The coming week will bring calm winter weather. According to experts from the Austrian Severe Weather Center (UWZ), the Alpine region is under the influence of high pressure and bitter cold is expected in the first half of the week, especially in the mountains and hills. Temperatures will slowly improve in the second half of the week.
On the southern edge of a vast high mountain range above Northern Europe, called Hannelore, continental cold air reaches Austria at the beginning of the week. “At the beginning of this week, permanent frost will occur in large parts of the country,” predicts Nikolas Zimmermann, meteorologist at the UWZ. Only in the south of the country are barely plus temperatures possible.
Frost between -10 and -15 degrees
“On clear nights the air can cool down considerably, especially in the higher Alpine valleys and in the Mühlviertel and Waldviertel there is often severe frost between minus 10 and minus 15 degrees on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but moderate to severe frost can also be expected in the lowlands.” , Zimmer said.
Some snowfall to start the week
Some snow will initially fall along the Northern Alps and in the northeast on Monday, but it will generally dry out in the afternoon. At the beginning of the week the sun only shines in the afternoon on the Tyrolean Alpine main ridge, but also in East Tyrol and Carinthia. Temperatures on the north side of the Alps and in the east are between minus 7 and minus 1 degrees, in the south only slightly plus degrees are expected.
There will be plenty of sun on Tuesday
Tuesday finally offers plenty of sun on the north side of the Alps and in the east. However, thick clouds only move from East Tyrol via Carinthia to southern Burgenland. It remains icy cold at minus 7 to 0 degrees.
The sun is expected to last until Saturday
It is expected to remain sunny on Wednesday and Thursday in the north and east, but also in the Alps. After often severe morning frost, the maximum values are between minus 4 and plus 3 degrees. Even on Fridays the sun often shines from Vorarlberg via Carinthia to southern Burgenland. Temperatures remain virtually unchanged.
The same applies to Saturday, but only on Sunday does the weather situation slowly change again: especially on the north side of the Alps it becomes increasingly cloudy, but except for a few showers it usually remains dry. Temperatures will rise slightly and are usually around or just above freezing.
Source: Krone
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