2023-07-14 08:36:06
The past two days have been characterized by thunderstorms, some of them stormy, in addition to hailstones five to six centimeters in size falling from the sky, there have been heavy gusts of wind in many places.
A gust of 120 km/h was measured in Bad Radkersburg, the previous station record in the south-east of Styria over all months was 87 km/h. But there were also gusts of almost 90 km/h in Villach and Klagenfurt.
A total of 85,000 lightning discharges have been recorded in Austria since Tuesday, and there were a good 65,000 lightning strikes on Wednesday alone.
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Up to 38 degrees possible
Today’s Thursday will once more bring strong thunderstorms in the south and south-east, but the greatest risk of thunderstorms has been averted. The heat also pauses for a day and is temporarily not an issue, with maximum values of 20 to 29 degrees you can ventilate properly.
Ab Freitag but hot days set in once more, on Saturday up to 38 degrees are possible on the foehn north side of the Alps.
As a result, the heat will continue mainly in the east and south, from the west the tendency to strong thunderstorms will increase once more.
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tomorrow Freitag promises calm summer weather for the time being, mostly it stays dry and sunny.
But the temperatures are already on the rise once more, up to 31 degrees are reached from the Inn Valley along the northern side of the Alps to the eastern flatlands.
Temperatures will rise at the weekend
In the run-up to a low over the British Isles, extremely hot air will flow into Austria from the Mediterranean region at the weekend. With the help of a hair dryer, the temperatures are climbing Saturday especially north of the Alps to 35 to 38 degrees, locally the existing July records are within reach.
In addition, the sun dominates, only in the evening does the tendency to heat thunderstorms increase in Vorarlberg and the Ausserfern. The latter, however, can be quite violent.
What next week brings
Am Sunday the greatest heat shifts to 30 to 35 degrees in the south and east of the country, in the west it is already cooling down with a cold front. In the course of the day, the probability of thunderstorms increases significantly, first in the mountains and in the evening also in the northern and eastern flatlands.
The new week will also bring heat and thunderstorms, from Carinthia to the Weinviertel, the 30-degree mark should be clearly exceeded up to and including Wednesday. Only then does the heat wave appear to have finally come to an end.
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