weather conditions
While the meteorological spring of 2023 is already almost three weeks old, the astronomical spring has now arriv with the equinox. This “second start of spring” was primarily determin by high pressure today.
analysis map with fronts
Front map of the German Weather Service for this morning at 7 a.m. local time. (German Weather Service)
The high pressure system, which is now only flat and is being push south, stretch from southern Spain across the Alps to the Black Sea this morning. During the day, a weakening cold front approach from the northwest. Its offshoots caus increasingly extensive cloud cover over the course of the day. However, the actual cold air will no longer reach Switzerland. The disturbance in question is part of an extensive low pressure zone over the North Atlantic, which will still keep us busy at the end of the week.
After ground frost very mild during the day
During the mostly clear and windless night, temperatures dropp to around zero. Light ground frost was record in many places this morning. However, the cold air cushion from the night was quickly warm up and south korea phone number library broken down by the strong March sun and light southwest wind. Maximum temperatures of around 15 degrees were record in the afternoon. On the southern side of the Alps, temperatures reach almost 19 degrees in places.
As mild as early May in the middle of the week
On average over many years, maximum temperatures of around 10 degrees are expect in March on the northern side of the Alps. In Lugano, the average daily maximum is 14 degrees. Today’s maximum american university washington program on hr and ihl; cfs un yearbook temperatures were therefore around 5 degrees higher than usual.
Of course, a comparison with the average maximum values adb directory of March is not necessarily representative. We are already in the last third of the month, so somewhat higher values are to be expect. However, if you compare the values with April and May, it becomes clear that the current maximum values correspond more to an average day at the beginning of May.