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Stormy spring greetings at the weekend

It will be warm at the weekend, but rather uncomfortable with strong gusts of wind.

(Bild: Brenek Malena)

When will spring finally arrive? If the weather experts have their way, it will make its first appearance at the weekend. But that will already be over next week.

Icy morning temperatures, freezing rain, risk of slippery roads - next weekend we will still have to contend with classic and somewhat unpleasant winter weather. According to Michele Salmi, an expert from the private weather service Ubimet, it will also be uncomfortable with strong gusts of wind, especially in the lower elevations of the eastern lowlands. Along the northern Alps, however, a moderate southerly foehn will cause temperatures to soar. In the Vorarlberg Walgau region or in the Tyrolean Oberinntal valley, spring-like temperatures of 15 degrees are possible.

Hardly any snow, but winter is not giving up
The new week starts just as mildly in the west of the country before winter returns. Temperatures are dropping day by day. Anyone hoping for walks in a winter wonderland is likely to be disappointed. The current winter is one of the least snowy since weather records began.

In parts of Vienna - apart from a little industrial snow - there has only been one centimeter of snow so far. In Linz it was also only four centimetres, in Graz three. There was a little more in the west: 18 centimetres fell from the sky in Bregenz. From today's perspective, late winter advances of cold air, which would provide a blanket of snow in the valleys, are rather unlikely.