Up to 37 degrees: subtropical high reaches Austria

Foothills of the subtropical high, which has had southern Europe firmly in its grip for days and is causing record temperatures even in Great Britain, are now also reaching Austria. This doesn’t bode well for those who despise mid-summer values. The prognosis for Austria:

Of the Monday begins already sunny. In the course of the day, especially in the eastern half of Austria, only a few high, thin veil clouds will move across the sky. Even in the mountains, there are only a few, consistently harmless cumulus clouds in the afternoon. The wind blows only weakly. The early temperatures oscillate between eight and 17 degrees, which climb to 25 to 33 degrees during the day, with the highest values ​​being achieved in the west.

It is sunny, often even cloudless Tuesday. Only over the mountains will there be cumulus clouds in the afternoon, but the chance of showers is very low. The wind blows only weakly. In the morning it is 10 to 19 degrees, during the day 28 to 35 degrees.

It’s am until the afternoon Wednesday mostly sunny and very hot. Especially from the mountains of western Austria, however, cumulus clouds form and eventually some showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorm cells could only reach parts of Upper and Lower Austria on Thursday night. The wind blows weak to moderate during the day, mainly from the south, but at night strong westerly gusts are possible in the north and east. The early temperatures on Wednesday range between twelve and 21 degrees, the maximum daily temperatures jump to 31 to 37 degrees.

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Fault zone on Thursday

The weak fault zone of a small-scale low-pressure gyre passing in the north causes it to Thursday not only sunshine, but also regionally more clouds than last. While only isolated showers or thunderstorm cells are expected in the north with an increasing west-northwest wind, a few sometimes strong thunderstorm cells can develop on the southern side of the Alps under initially mostly weak wind conditions during the course of the day. In most cases, however, it should remain dry there. Depending on the wind, the early temperatures already reach 14 to 24 degrees, the maximum daily temperatures 28 to 35 degrees.

At the Friday subtropical high pressure influence and the supply of extremely warm air masses once again cover the whole of Austria. In many places the sun shines almost unclouded. Even in the vicinity of the main Alpine ridge, only a few cumulus clouds grow stronger from midday, so the risk of showers remains very low for the time being. In addition, it is usually slightly windy. Early temperatures: 14 to 21, 29 to 36 degrees it will be in the course of the day.

• 10-day forecast, current temperatures and weather maps: You can find a detailed forecast for your region at nachrichten.at/wetter.

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