Waldbrandgefahr

The high pressure weather continues to accompany us. It will remain very sunny up to and including the weekend. Temperatures will rise and it will be a lot milder again, especially at higher altitudes. High fog will hang in many valleys and it will be much colder than in the mountains thanks to inversions. Weather change with a chance of fresh snow next week.

To cut a long story short, the weather will remain as it is for the time being. There will only be a change in the next few days in the form of a few spring clouds. In the north there may be - how exciting! - there might even be a shower at the weekend.

After a week of stable high pressure and temperatures around 20 °C, cooler, changeable north-westerly weather is on the cards for the weekend. However, it is still unclear whether there will be significant snow or just significant wind.

City beautification trees lining cycle paths are slowly beginning to blossom and you increasingly cycle through clouds of sweetly scented flowers. In public parks, motivated people fall off their slacklines at every corner, albeit sometimes into dog piles that have only recently emerged from under the snow. More and more often, you hear the words of those who have come to terms with winter: "You really can't complain this winter."

It is currently becoming clear how little sense the idea of "good" and "bad" weather makes. If you have too much of one, it soon becomes the other. The extremely dry November is increasing the risk of forest fires, particulate matter concentrations in the basins are reaching record levels and, unsurprisingly, almost all ski resorts without glaciers are postponing their openings. Some weather stations in the Alps will probably end November with 0.0 mm of precipitation.