New cyclone forming: snow may surprise Hungary next week

September and October were outstandingly warm this year in Hungary, November is cooler and drier, but next week everything may change thanks to a possible new cyclone sweeping through Hungary on Thursday and Friday, and bringing snow from the Alps.

First snow may arrive in Hungary next week

In the last few days, the weather of the Carpathian Basin was characterised by an enormous anticyclone covering not only Hungary or the Carpathian Basin but half of the continent. Thanks to that anticyclone, the weather was dry and cold in Hungary in the next few days. According to Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, cold air is to arrive in our region starting next Wednesday. Moreover, another one is to arrive from the North next Friday.

The two cold air masses will merge west of Hungary and form a cyclone over the Alps. That will fundamentally modify the weather of the Carpathian Basin. Since the cold air mass is relatively small, meteorologists do not know where its centre will be. If it is formed over the line of Austria and Northern Italy, we can expect rain in Hungary from Thursday and Friday. Above 4-500 metres, at the feet of the Alps in Hungary, the precipitation may be snow.

In the West, the maximum temperature is expected to be 2-4 degrees, while in the East, it will be 10-12 degrees.

Cyclone centre in the West means no snow in Hungary

However, provided the cyclone centre is above France and Switzerland, the temperature will be higher and we cannot expect snow. It will not be warm, but the maximums will be around 5-8 degrees in Western Hungary and 12-17 degrees in the Eastern regions of the country. Furthermore, in that case, a serious amount of precipitation is not likely.