Despite winter, there is hardly any snow on many slopes: the first ski areas are already closing. Weather experts from uwz.at predict that up to 50 centimeters of snow could fall in the mountains.
Record temperatures since the beginning of February have hit some regions at lower altitudes particularly hard. Snowfall limit will temporarily drop to heights between 600 and 1000 meters on Friday (February 23) Winter is expected to return to many Alpine valleys towards the end of the week, according to an Alpine weather post from Monday.