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WeatherBlog 18 2019/20 | It's human nature

Weather forecast for balconies and other considerations

by Lea Hartl 03/18/2020
What to do with the WeatherBlog? Skiing has been canceled, there are more important things to do. In stark contrast to the state weather services, which are part of the critical infrastructure and therefore have to continue to function anyway, we are here purely for entertainment. On the other hand, I personally find the weather report after the TV or radio news to be soothing, reassuringly normal, as is looking at weather maps. So, let's talk a bit about the weather.

Lots of sunshine until Friday, then colder

Yesterday, Tuesday, a front clouded the sunshine a little and also brought a few raindrops in the eastern Alps, but today the sun will prevail again. The Alps lie in a large-scale area of high pressure, which will ensure cloudless weather and mild temperatures almost everywhere. This is expected to change slowly on Friday, with more clouds and an increased tendency to showers towards the afternoon. This is due to a ridge of high pressure building up off the European Atlantic coast. To the east of this ridge, cooler air from the polar region will be steered towards us. This will lead to a stabilization of the air masses. Saturday is likely to be cloudy and bring some precipitation, especially in the east. From today's perspective, it will quickly become largely sunny again, but temperatures will remain lower than at present. Anyone currently spending time gardening on the balcony should bear in mind that frost is still possible in March, especially in slightly higher locations, even if it may not feel like it in the sun at the moment.

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Medium-term: Widespread humanizing

Even in the weather report, you can currently find personal details here and there that remind you that behind every ZAMG Facebook post, every DWD topic of the day, every MeteoSwiss blog is an employee who is now somehow juggling work, children and their own state of mind in their home office.

We're doing a bit of humanizing too. WeatherBlog's current home office is in the countryside, and there are - what a privilege! - green meadows, singing birds and a general spring idyll in the immediate vicinity. The parents' generation here recently commented that the combination of bright sunny weather, blossoming spring and fear and uncertainty caused by world events reminded them of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986: "It was so beautiful outside and we didn't know whether we would die in 10 years if we breathed in now. It was such a strange contrast, you couldn't believe it at all."

At that time, the weather influenced the distribution of the fallout, as it did in Fukushima in 2011, when the prevailing westerly winds at the time of the accident carried most of the released radioactive dust over the sea, where it rained out. At present, it is not the weather that is spreading an invisible danger that is difficult to comprehend, but we ourselves. We still can't change the weather, but we can change our own behavior. You could draw hope from this if you felt like it: After all, being able to do something - even if it's just staying at home - is better than not being able to do anything at all.

The WeatherBlog is taking action: Stay at home, wash your hands, be patient with the people you're staying at home with, call those who are alone more often, express appreciation to those who are currently keeping the collective store running, and occasionally watch a cat video or read weather maps for your own peace of mind.

This article has been automatically translated by DeepL with subsequent editing. If you notice any spelling or grammatical errors or if the translation has lost its meaning, please write an e-mail to the editors.

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