Bergwetter

In February, it rained several times up to high altitudes. The WeatherBlog has reported on the warm western weather several times. However, especially in the higher areas, the rain only reduces the snow depth, but usually increases the amount or mass of snow.

As usual this winter, the Alps are experiencing a strong westerly current. After a few cold, wet days, spring is returning today (Wednesday) with full force and zero degrees around 3000m.

Somehow it feels like winter is just beginning, at least if you are traveling in the areas currently blessed with fresh snow. Winter in terms of meteorological statistics, on the other hand, has come to an end at the turn of the month and the weather services are presenting their reviews.

Stormy Yulia visited us before the current low Zehra. By now, we are used to stormy conditions with horizontal rain at 2000m and extreme wind peaks in the lowlands. Storm Yulia joined Petra, Sabine and Victoria in this respect last weekend.

Once again, the weather continues to be mild and changeable. The polar vortex is bursting with strength and probably admires its muscles in the mirror every day. We look at Low Victoria a.k.a. Dennis and the outlook for the coming days.

Storm Sabine, which was very present in the media and also in the weather, has left us again. The changeable westerly weather is still with us, but not quite as stormy.

"You don't say nice weather!" - That's what we learned at university. Of course, you don't say "bad weather" either. In fact, the WeatherBlog still tries to avoid such subjective expressions, after all, tastes differ and if you try hard, you can still get something out of boring weather conditions (technical term) from a meteorological point of view.

The PowderAlert has already announced it and anyone looking out of the window in the Northern Alps will notice it: it's been a long time since rain or even snow instead of sun and high fog! A nice change that we have a cold front from the northwest to thank for.

In the last few days, the WeatherBlog has often heard the question of whether the current weather misery can be blamed on climate change. It's somehow to blame for everything and in the meantime we've often read that it's causing more "extreme" or simply more persistent weather conditions. So what's this all about again?

The dry, very sunny weather will stay with us until Friday. The partly pronounced inversion in the valleys is creating a kind of winter feeling with cold temperatures and visibility limited by high fog (and fine dust), but in the mountains there is no sign of the cold, dark winter - according to hearsay.

The sun isn't just coming, it's already here and it's starting to get a bit boring. The WeatherBlog was looking for musical inspiration for today's issue and now can't decide whether STS or Rammstein is more suitable.

The new year begins as the old one ends: lots of sunshine, mild temperatures at high altitudes, cold in the valleys due to inversions and nocturnal radiation into the mostly starry sky. The flow will remain west to southwest and there is no significant precipitation in sight for the time being.