Winter is here. In western Austria in particular, it will snow down to low altitudes on Thursday – Bregenz, Innsbruck and Salzburg are already covered in snow.
The first snow fell in Innsbruck and Salzburg
At higher altitudes it is already deep winter
The forecast in detail
It starts in the western half Thursday already with a lot of clouds, and from the west snowfall, and in low altitudes also sleet, is becoming more and more frequent. The snowfall limit is between 300 and 600 m above sea level. Further to the east and southeast, the sun will appear briefly away from the patches of fog before dense clouds predominate here too. In the eastern half, however, some rainfall is only expected regionally; to the east it will often remain dry for the time being. The wind will be light to moderate and will shift from southeast to west to north during the day. Early temperatures minus 7 to plus 2 degrees, daily maximum temperatures 1 to 7 degrees.
Widespread predominate on Freitag the clouds. In the mountains in the west it always snows lightly, and from early in the morning it starts to snow or rain lightly from the south, from Carinthia through southern Styria to Lower Austria. In the south and southeast the snowfall limit is between 300 and 600 m, otherwise mostly at low altitudes. It is most likely to stay dry in the far north. Early temperatures minus 6 to plus 2 degrees, daily maximum temperatures minus 1 to plus 4 degrees.
From today’s perspective, an Italian low on Saturday will ensure a cloudy and wintry start to the weekend. From East Tyrol to the northern Weinviertel it is densely cloudy from morning to night. Only in the west, northwest and very north are there longer sunny phases. In the cloudy regions in the far east, snowfall down to low altitudes can be expected at times. The wind blows weak to moderate, in the east and northeast also brisk to strong from the north. Early temperatures minus 7 to plus 1 degrees, daily maximum temperatures minus 1 to plus 3 degrees.
