Winter weather warning: 15 cm of snow expected - be careful on the streets!

Winter weather warning: 15 cm of snow expected - be careful on the streets!

Wien, Österreich - A wintry spectacle is going on! From Wednesday, Austria will be haunted by violent snowfalls, which will particularly affect the regions along the main Alpine ridge. According to krone.at it is calculated with up to 15 centimeters of fresh snow, and even higher quantities are possible in storage. Meteorologists already warn of smoothness on the streets. In the depths in the east of the country, the flakes fall and even in the federal capital of Vienna, snowfall can be expected in the morning.

Caution on the streets

The storm center has published a yellow snow warning, especially for parts of Lower Austria, the north of Styria and Upper Austria. Motorists should exercise the highest caution, as there are snow drifts in higher altitudes and disabilities in road and rail traffic can be expected, so wetter.orf.at . The temperatures fluctuate between minus 2 and plus 5 degrees, while at high altitudes around 1500 meters minus 5 degrees. With this snowfall, a real winter landscape returns in the Alpine region, in contrast to the industrial butterfly during the turn of the year.

Due to the continued snowfall, it not only makes it ideal for winter sports enthusiasts! But be careful: the fresh snow masses can increase the avalanche risk in the mountains. A significant weather improvement is expected from Thursday, and even sunny days are forecast for the weekend. Nevertheless, fog in many lowland areas lasts until the week, as the meteorological forecasts show.