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After “Klaus”, the storm “Luis” brought gusts, cold, rain and snow to Switzerland. On Sunday night the weather has calmed down a bit.
With “Luis” a cold front is moving through Switzerland.
New Zealand. Sunday morning greeted the Swiss with sunshine in many places north of the Alps after storm “Luis” abruptly subsided overnight. According to “SRF Meteo” forecasts, individual winter thunderstorms will bring a mix of rain, sleet, snow, as well as lightning and thunder with them on Sunday.
A week before the beginning of spring, winter returns and the snow line descends north of the Alps to 500 meters above sea level. Several high-altitude cold air disturbances sweep through Switzerland in a short time. A northern foehn location rises above the Alps with moderate to strong gusts, which means that wind speeds between 60 and 80 km / h can be expected in the canton of Ticino and Engadine.
# Beginning of winter? At least in #Alpennordhang falls again and again from about 600 m #Snow🌨️. But there are also other times #Regeneration-, snow or #Graupelschauer and briefly the Sun Sonnensch. With even more moderate #Western wind significantly colder 5 degrees, in the south often sunny at 14 degrees. ^ yes pic.twitter.com/v9n9tlh6wF
– SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) March 14, 2021
On the northern slopes of the Alps, 10 to 60 centimeters of fresh snow will fall at lower altitudes and in places with more than 1 m of fresh snow in the mountains. According to the federal government’s natural hazard bulletin, hazard level 3 applies from the Glarus to the Bernese Alps. The Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research urges people not to underestimate the dangers of avalanches; In the afternoon you can expect more and more spontaneous avalanches. “SRF Meteo” predicts more snowfall in the coming days. On Monday, the snow line will temporarily rise again from 500 to 800 meters.
Downed trees, occasional power outages
It is too early to assess the damage caused by storm “Luis”: trees fell in many places. Construction barriers and scaffolding were also demolished. There were occasional power outages, such as on Saturday in the Montagny municipality in Freiburg. The Appenzeller Bahnen had ceased operations on Saturday between Appenzell and Wasserauen until 7pm due to hurricane gusts.
Protection & Rescue Zurich rescue forces said they were on continuous duty on Saturday. During the day, the fire department had to travel 20 times due to the damage caused by the storm in the urban area. Often because trees were uprooted by the wind or because broken branches blocked traffic routes.
On Thursday and Friday night, Storm “Klaus” with its center over the North Sea in Switzerland caused stormy conditions. A gust of around 150 kilometers per hour was measured at Säntis, but there were also gale force gusts at lower altitudes. The next storm, called “Luis”, began to make itself felt on Saturday morning, and in some places it even brought wind peaks slightly higher than “Klaus”: in the lowlands, “SRF Meteo” forecast gusts of between 70 and 110 kilometers per hour. hours, locally up to 150 in the mountains, the strongest gusts were reached directly in front of the cold front on Saturday afternoon and night.
Meteo Switzerland had issued a hazard level 3 wind warning for much of the plains and the Jura. We do not recommend taking walks in the woods.
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