The prominent low pressure system over England mov to Germany via Benelux today, Sunday. In the morning, it steer a frontal system that was almost completely occlud eastwards towards the Alps. The associat precipitation affect almost! all of Switzerland by midday, with the exception of the southern! side of the Alps and Graubünden. As the low pressure system mov, Switzerland initially! came into the area of a strong westerly flow on its southern flank. This evening and overnight into Monday, when the low pressure system moves further towards the Balkans, Switzerland and the Alpine region will be on the back side of the low pressure system and the winds will turn to the northwest at all altitudes. A traffic jam is setting in on the northern slopes of the Alps.
Satellite film shows the low pressure area over Europe
Satellite image sequence from today 07 UTC to 12 UTC. Precipitation from radar data is superimpos in color. (METEOSAT/MeteoSwiss)
Strong westerly wind
As the low pressure system approach, the westerly wind romania phone number library gradually increas during the morning. It was initially felt primarily at higher altitudes, but spread to the lowlands as the occlud front with its showers pass. The temporary, brief increase in pressure and the increase in instability had a supporting effect.
Gusts peak from today Sunday until
Gusts from today Sunday until 5 p.m. (MeteoSwiss)
Short West Föhn Intermezzo in Thun
After the front had pass over Thun, a short, temporary tools to schule your email campaigns phase of westerly foehn set in. The westerly flow, which was guid along the Gantrisch due to the relief, sank down into the Aare valley. This caus the temperature in Thun to rise to 12 degrees and the humidity to fall to 42%. In comparison, temperatures in the Central Plateau at the awb directory same time were 9 degrees and the humidity was around 80%. The figure below shows the backward trajectories. They show the course of the flow along the foothills of the Alps to Thun. In the cross-section on the right, it is clearly visible how the air fell steeply from a height of around 1500 meters just before Thun, which l to it warming up and drying out.