When two cold fronts meet, snow falls up to 1,000 meters. The first places in Tyrol and Vorarlberg are already covered with snow.
On Friday the cold front of the low NELE in combination with the Italian low OTTILIE will ensure widespread and abundant rainfall and falling temperatures. Behind it, the BAHRUDIN high will rise over the weekend, which means that the weather will gradually calm down again. Sunday the maximum finally moves to Eastern Europe and in the evening the weakening of the occlusion of a powerful low pressure complex on the Atlantic reaches the country.
Lech sinks into the snow
After the exceptional summer heat of the past few days, a harsh winter debut hit the Alps on Friday evening. In the well-known ski resort of Lech am Arlberg (1,444 meters above sea level) and Oberlech, 20 centimeters of fresh snow fell and it snows happily . During the night the region turned into a snowy winter landscape.
Cars, trees, sun terraces and streets are covered in a thick layer of snow. Local residents have to go to work for the first time and painstakingly shovel snow. The winter service is now in continuous use. The roads are slippery, warnings are given on winter road conditions. It should continue to snow until Saturday
That’s the way it is
I’m FreitagHeavy rains spread across the country from the west and southwest. Abundant rainfall is expected in Lower Carinthia. Bucklige Welt is also a hot spot for rain. According to UBIMET meteorological experts, the snowline in the northern Alps drops to around 1,000 meters from the west and around 1,200 meters on the main western ridge of the Alps.
Additionally, isolated thunderstorms are incorporated into the heavy rains in the south. Towards evening the pouring rain subsides again. In the east there will initially be a strong south-east wind, during the day the wind will generally tend to the west and in some exposed locations it will cool heavily.
Nice weather on the weekend
I’m Saturday dense clouds generally persist on the central-northern side of the Alps and generally in the west it rains or snows above about 1,200 meters. In the south and east, however, it is mostly dry, the sun is more likely to appear from East Tyrol to the Fischbacher Alps. The wind blows strong, strong even on the eastern edge of the Alps with occasional stormy gusts from the north-west, in the south it will be föhn.
of the Sunday begins with the first fog in the Inner Alps and the Danube region, otherwise the sun will shine. As the day progresses, the sun will finally appear over a large area before evening darkens again in the west. The wind generally calms down and turns east in the western Danube region.
