Storm clouds building near the Alps, August 2012
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The north of Switzerland suffered from strong winds during the night of Thursday-Friday, with gusts in Schaffhausen, north of Zurich, reaching 115kph and Délémont, near the French border, reaching 98kph.
Meteoswiss, the national weather service, reports that the worst-hit areas were the Three Lakes region, ajoie and the northern stretch of the Jura, as well as the German-speaking plateau in the north.
The storm cells were fast-moving and as a result, little rain fell, generally between 2 and 15mm, but border areas, particularly the region around Ajoie, had significant hail.
Some parts of the northern Alps may have occasional high winds Friday.
