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According to Geosphere Austria, the prevailing southern foehn once again brought a large cloud from the African continent to Central Europe. “The peak was reached this Saturday,” said a Geosphere expert. Up to 1,200 milligrams of Saharan dust per square meter were in the air.
There was a storm warning in parts of Austria for the entire Easter weekend. Vorarlberg, Tyrol and parts of Salzburg were particularly affected, but strong winds were also expected further east, in Pongau, Lungau and Upper Styria.
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Switzerland and Germany also felt the Sahara dust. A violent foehn storm swept over the Alps. Storm gusts with top speeds of 190 kilometers per hour were measured above Andermatt in Switzerland late on Friday evening, as the weather service SRF Meteo reported on Saturday. Added to this was the yellow-reddish Sahara dust on Saturday, which clouded visibility in large parts of Switzerland. According to a meteorologist, model calculations showed that 180,000 tons of Sahara dust were hanging in the air over Switzerland on Saturday. That’s an unusual amount. Normally the wind brings half as much to Switzerland.
Because of the gusts of wind, lifts in some Swiss ski areas had to be temporarily switched off on Friday. Already on Thursday, chair lifts in the Italian ski resort of Breuil-Cervinia opposite Zermatt began to sway dangerously, as a video from the private Italian weather service Il Meteo showed.
“The Sahara dust has already arrived (in Germany, note) and you can see this in the yellowish cloudiness in the air,” said Christian Herold, meteorologist at the German Weather Service (DWD), on Holy Saturday. The phenomenon can be observed in many parts of Germany, but is most concentrated in the west of the country. The desert dust can make the sunshine appear milky and cloudy. The dust should still be visible on Easter Sunday. A cold front is expected to move it away on Monday, Herold said.
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