First Fog, Then Snow: Will A Change In The Weather Now Bring A Lot Of Precipitation? 5 Minutes

Published on December 25, 2023, 11:54 am / ©Rosie Orasch

Symbolic photo

Will southern Carinthia (here the Rosental last winter) become significantly whiter again at the beginning of the new year?

The weather will change again over the next few days. While it's still significantly above freezing now, we can expect greater amounts of fresh snow coming from the south early in the new year.

by Phillip Plattner

1 minute reading time (206 words)

After having been sometimes cold and sometimes hot in recent days – today, for example, it was up to 16 degrees at night – the weather is likely to change again in the coming days – but this time slowly, as “GeoSphere Austria” reports. . “It starts with increasingly dense fog fields or intense fog, which can persist especially on Thursdays and Saturdays in eastern Austria and in the interior of the Alps,” it says on Facebook.

Any fresh snow at the turn of the year?

But on New Year's Eve the time came. An Italian low is likely to form over the Gulf of Genoa, which could eventually bring higher amounts of precipitation again on New Year's Day, especially in southern and eastern Austria. Carinthia is traditionally very affected by this situation. At the same time, temperatures and with them the snowfall line will likely fall. “Current weather models indicate some fresh snow in this area at the turn of the year,” says GeoSphere Austria.

Development still very uncertain

But: Development is still very uncertain. Italian lows always have a rather small spatial extent, which is why there may be problems in accurately predicting the evolution of the weather, meteorologists conclude.