Snow Forecast Summary - 3rd November 2011
Snow Forecast Summary - 3rd November 2011
Published : 03-Nov-2011 10:47
This weekend is looking interesting (at altitude anyway)...Whilst there wasn't a huge amount of snow for Europe this past week, snow storms in North America were widely reported - with significant falls along the East Coast and in Colorado. La Nina conditions continue to influence the Americas, whilst Europe waits for the full onset of winter...
European Weather and Snow This Coming Week
Starting today, the European Alps and Pyrenees look set for some pretty unsettled weather which will last through the weekend. Although temperatures remain milder than the seasonal average, they should start to fall through the start of next week.
The major feature of the coming weather, particularly to the South and West of the Alpine area, will be the precipitation. Very heavy rain is forecast, which will fall as snow above around 2,500 metres - starting later today. The snow line will fall as we move into next week, perhaps to around 1,800 metres (in the West) by Tuesday. The Eastern Alps (Austria) will be much less affected, but will still see falling temperatures through the next seven days.
We expect major falls of snow above the freezing level throughout the next few days - with local accumulations at altitude well in excess of One Metre in many Western Alpine ski areas. Of note are the falls forecast for the early openers like Tignes and Zermatt. If you are in the mountains this next week, please take extra care - the avalanche risk will be very high in affected areas.
Roads above and around the snow line will experience major disruption, and lower levels are likely to be affected by very heavy rain at times.
If you're not familiar with them, our Country summary pages allow you to see a comparison of the snow forecast over the next 48 hours and include tables of the Top Ten forecasts (by snow depth). The J2Ski Snow Forecast pages for France and Italy are looking particularly fun today!
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