Snow chaos on the march! Risk of black ice and onset of winter in Austria

Snow chaos on the march! Risk of black ice and onset of winter in Austria

The weather conditions in Austria will be very uncomfortable on the upcoming weekend. According to the current warnings of the storm warning center (UWZ), Upper Austria and Lower Austria in particular are facing the risk of black ice due to freezing rain. On Friday it will be wet from Vorarlberg to the Waldviertel, with a rapid spread of rain and a clear danger from black ice in the morning, as the experts from Today.at reported. Temperatures fluctuate between 0 and +10 degrees and at lunchtime the rain in the south and east withdraws.

Winter onset is imminent

On Sunday it gets serious: a deep forms over northern Italy that reaches the entire Alpine region and ensures winter conditions down to the lowlands. This announces itself with dense clouds and temporary snowfall, especially in mountainous regions and in the south, where the snowfall limit is between 300 and 600 m. Also the weather forecast of Wetter.orf.at confirms that the nightly temperatures can drop to minus 12 degrees. This means that a further onset of winter is to be expected, which brings the former shower and the risk of black ice through freezing rain.

Already on Monday the winter weather will continue with snowfall, while in the east there will be temporary rain. Persistent snowfall can be expected, especially in the northern Alpine regions, while the temperatures are between -1 and +5 degrees. A strong wind from the northwest will also provide additional challenges because it can strongly strengthen the perceived cold.