Unusual heat

Summer says hello: almost 30 degrees at the weekend

(Bild: APA/dpa/Gregor Fischer)

The first - much too early - taste of summer will be here in the coming days: on Saturday and Sunday, temperatures will rise to just below 30 degrees. According to the Geosphere Austria forecast, Monday and Tuesday will also be extremely summery and sunny.

In most of Austria, the weather will be quite friendly on Friday, with some sunny spells lasting longer. North of the Alps, however, there will also be some clouds in the middle layers, while the partly high fog-like clouds in the south may largely clear by mid-morning. The wind will be mostly light and the initially moderate westerly wind in the Danube region will soon die down. Early temperatures will range between three and 13 degrees, with daytime highs mostly between 18 and 24 degrees.

During the first half of the day on Saturday, there will still be a few extensive patches of cloud at higher levels in eastern Austria. Apart from that, however, the sun will shine widely in almost all parts of the country until the evening. Any patches of fog in basins and valleys south of the main Alpine ridge will also clear quickly. It will remain lightly windy in many places. Early temperatures will mostly be around four to 14 degrees, with daytime highs rising to 21 to 28 degrees - with the warmest temperatures in the west.

On Sunday, there will be plenty of sunshine throughout the day. Only along the Danube and in the Wald and Weinviertel, but also in the south, will there be a few flat patches of fog at first. From midday, high clouds in the west will cloud the sunshine. The wind will blow weakly, in the east also moderately from east to southwest. Early morning temperatures will be between three and eleven degrees, even higher at higher altitudes. Early summer daytime temperatures are forecast at 23 to almost 30 degrees.

The unusually warm and often very sunny weather will continue on Monday. Only high cloud fields and Saharan dust may noticeably reduce the sunshine. In the eastern region, there will be a brisk south-easterly wind in places, otherwise the wind will be weak to moderate. Early temperatures will range from four to 14 degrees, with daytime highs of 24 to almost 30 degrees.

The strong southerly high-altitude current will continue to transport very mild air masses on Tuesday, but also Saharan sand. The slightly cloudy weather will therefore be noticeably cloudy. A cold front will then hit the west in the evening. The wind will blow moderately to briskly from the southeast to south. Early temperatures will range between seven and 14 degrees, with daytime highs between 21 and 28 degrees.