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Vienna – If the meteorologists have their way, spring will return to Austria on Tuesday. Until then, it is still a matter of surviving Monday, when a cold current will determine the weather in the Eastern Alps. On Sunday morning, all weather stations in the country reported values below freezing, according to the severe weather center Ubimet, in central locations there was not infrequently severe frost below -10 degrees. This is not unusual for the end of March, but now only happens every few years, explained the experts.
The winter weather doesn’t change much on Monday, especially from the Hochkönig to the Hochschwab it still snows frequently. “Even in the lowlands, there are snow and sleet showers, and a strong north wind blows in the east, which exacerbates the feeling of cold,” predicts Manfred Spatzierer, chief meteorologist at the severe weather center. The south is favored on Monday, it remains largely dry here. The early temperatures range from minus 6 to plus 2 degrees, the maximum daily temperatures from 1 to 8 degrees.
In Tyrol, on the other hand, it will be really wintry again on Monday, there is always heavy snowfall, in the Inn Valley sometimes also rainfalls. The temperatures remain in the basement with -1 to plus 3 degrees, in the Lienz basin it is up to plus 5 degrees. From Tuesday the high will gradually shift to the east and thus over the Alps, so the weather calms down. In the west and south, the day is mostly sunny and dry, with double-digit maximum values being reached again for the first time in the south.
From Tuesday increasingly milder
Under the increasing influence of high pressure, the weather slowly stabilized on Tuesday. On the north side of the Alps, the nocturnal snowfalls quickly decrease, and during the day only a few snowflakes fall in certain areas. In the north and east the clouds loosen up hesitantly, sometimes it can rain a bit from them. Apart from that, there are always sunny sections. The south is again favored by the weather. The maximum daily temperatures: 4 to 11 degrees.
In the Tyrolean Unterland, snow can still fall in the morning, but it quickly subsides and it gets dry everywhere and the sun shows up. Temperatures are also slowly climbing up, daily highs in Tyrol are 2 to 8 degrees. At an altitude of 2000 meters it is minus 5 degrees
On Wednesday the sun shines consistently in the western half of Austria under the influence of high pressure and it is often even cloudless. In the east and southeast, on the other hand, some dense cloud fields pass through from the northeast and the sun only comes out for a short time. However, it usually stays dry, only in the extreme east short rain showers cannot be completely ruled out. The maximum temperatures climb to 6 to 14 degrees.
It is slowly getting warmer again
Sun usually predominates on Thursdays, but during the day high cloud fields appear in the west and north and make the sunshine appear diffuse at times. In the far east, a little more cumulus clouds form in the afternoon, but it remains friendly. Temperatures of 10 to 17 degrees will be possible.
A weak fault zone brings a mix of sun and clouds in the north and east on Friday. Individual rain showers are also possible, especially in the mountains. Snow falls above 1500 meters. It is consistently sunny in the west and south. The wind blows weak to moderate from west to south. The maximum daily temperatures range from 12 to 18 degrees.
On the coming weekend a weak cold front will reach Austria again, temporarily causing a spring damper. However, according to the current status of Ubimet, the general weather situation should prove to be stable, so that a continuation of the spring weather can already be expected at the beginning of next week. Temperatures above 20 degrees then also appear possible. (TT.com/APA)