Heavy rain in Carinthia: where the rainfall struck the most

Heavy rain in Carinthia: where the rainfall struck the most

A intensive heavy rain has strongly influenced some parts of Carinthia in the past few days. Starting from Wednesday to Friday, numerous regions were affected by considerable precipitation, which led to flooding and snow in some places.

The weather situation led to the fire brigades in Carinthia, especially in the Lavanttal, had numerous missions. There the rain caused considerable flooding. In addition, some areas experienced snowfalls in the nights from Thursday to Friday that reached stately values. At the Katschberg, for example, a total of 21 centimeters of fresh snow fell, while in other places such as Kötschach-Mauthen and even more were measured on the Turracher Höhe.

The greatest rainfall in Carinthia

The meteorologist Christian Pehsl from Geosphere Austria reports that the greatest rainfall in the days on the Loibl were measured with around 155 millimeters. In Ferlach and Bad Bleiberg, the values were also high at 119 and 109 millimeters. In Völkermarkt, 109 millimeters, 71 millimeters in the Lavanttal and even 96 millimeters in Klagenfurt, were recorded. St. Veit reported 87 millimeters. All of these numbers illustrate the force of the weather events during this time.

where the precipitation was the slightest

Compared to the places mentioned above, the rainfall in Mallnitz, Döllach and Obervellach with only around 30 millimeters were quite low. This clearly shows how unevenly the rainfall in Carinthia was.

The coming days will bring a change in the weather. A sunny Sunday with temperatures up to 17 degrees is predicted. Monday will also offer suitable weather, with high fog is also expected. According to Pehsl, the next precipitation front will only be expected from Tuesday, whereby the expected amounts will probably be lower.

The forecasts show that even if colder temperatures and snow are expected in higher locations, the snowfall limit will remain high due to the warm weather trend, BASKIS between 2,500 and 3,000 meters. These changes in the weather could still influence the situation in the region.

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