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On the Feuerkogel (1,618 meters) there was 30 centimeters of fresh snow on Saturday morning, on the Loser (1,500 meters) a remarkable 40 centimeters. At even higher altitudes, it was even higher: around 27 centimeters in the Villacher Alpe (2,117 meters), 44 centimeters in the Rudolfshütte Alpine Center (2,317 meters) in the Hohe Tauern and 49 centimeters in the Pitztal Glacier (2,864 meters).
The onset of winter at this time of year is not very unusual at higher altitudes. Alexander Orlik, ZAMG climatologist: “At an altitude of 1,500 to 2,000 meters above sea level, it snows every one or two years at the end of September. The fact that it snows up to 1,000 meters, like this year, occurs on average every five to seven years in Austria, most recently in September 2011. There were also some snowflakes up to around 1000 meters above sea level in September 2015 and 2012. “
The cold front also brought strong stormy wind gusts: in Gumpoldskirchen, the ZAMG recorded wind peaks of up to 94 km / h, in Vienna in Jubiläumswarte up to 90 and in Obervellach the wind gusts reached around 80 km / h. The storm reached more than 100 km / h in many mountains. At the Dachstein weather station (2,700 meters) and at the Sonnblick observatory (3,106 meters) gusts of around 110 km / h were measured.
On Saturday it should still rain and snow from time to time in the mountains, especially on the north side of the Alps from Vorarlberg to the north of Upper Styria and Mostviertel, with a snowfall limit of 1,000 to 1,500 meters. In the south and east of Austria, the sun should rise from time to time. Sunday will bring a few hours of sunshine throughout Austria. In the morning, however, it is cold from 0 to ten degrees, in the higher valleys, negative degrees are also possible. In the afternoon it is between ten and 18 degrees. According to ZAMG, it can rain in some places in the south at dusk.
According to ÖAMTC, the first snowfalls also affected traffic: the Timmelsjoch (B186), the connection between the Ötz and Passeier valleys, was closed on Friday. In addition to some chain obligations on higher mountain roads, the Silvretta Straße (L188) between Partenen and the Vorarlberg-Tyrol border had to be closed on Saturday morning to remove snow. A security barrier has been imposed on the Großglockner High Alpine Road between Salzburg and Carinthia.
Chains were mandatory on Saturday on some major connections from Vorarlberg through Tyrol to Salzburg and Carinthia. The Arlberg Strasse (L197), the (B165) and the Katschberg Strasse (B99) were affected. Around 20 cm of fresh snow also caused problems on Soboth (B69). Some vehicles stopped on the slippery road.
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