 Poster: A snowHead
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Dry as a bone over here for the foreseeable… ski touring weather
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@BobinCH, wrong chart?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| twoodwar wrote: |
| @BobinCH, wrong chart? |
It’s the current chart but for some reason it includes an old date - perhaps from when I initially saved the link to my favourites?
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Mon 3-02-25 9:52; edited 1 time in total
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@BobinCH, fine, just wondered.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Europe dry, US dry. Japan is off the scale…
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I know most here follow the Western alps, I go to Austria and so keep a keen eye there , I returned from Austria about ten days ago.
Weather was beautiful but snow was needed lower down, since I’ve been back there was one fall (nothing too big) but the next 14 days look bone dry.
Sad to see
It’s been a very prolonged dry spell
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| sussexmartlet wrote: |
I know most here follow the Western alps, I go to Austria and so keep a keen eye there , I returned from Austria about ten days ago.
Weather was beautiful but snow was needed lower down, since I’ve been back there was one fall (nothing too big) but the next 14 days look bone dry.
Sad to see
It’s been a very prolonged dry spell |
Thanks for the update from the other side!
I've also been in Austria for the past 1,5 weeks. Been to a few lower-ish resorts in the eastern part (Saalbach, Alpbach, Tauplitz, Kitzbühel, Schladming) and conditions there were fine but indeed spring-like, with quite a lot of green on the south-facing sides of the mountains. Last Tuesday it rained all day in Schladming under ~900-1300m.
In Obertauern last Wednesday the conditions were great though, with a bit of fresh snow (but the village sits at 1600m).
I do feel like the intense snowfalls earlier this winter have provided a good base, so nearly all slopes I saw were still open and white, even if with varying degrees of quality.
I was planning to go to Slovenia but changed the planning to Ischgl and Kappl and the conditions here are superb. Still a lot of snow and the quality is great, with just a few icier runs (they do make artificial snow even when not strictly needed, but just to maintain slope quality).
There's no snow in the forecast indeed; bluebird sky and it is a bit warm, though it should get a bit colder towards the end of the week.
Bottom line, the obvious (but now with some empiric evidence): above ~1500m conditions are still amazing; below that everything is still open, but you'll be facing spring conditions (slush and some ice) and some green landscapes.
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Looking dry but have been seeing hints of cold flakes coming on an easterly at the end of this week .
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I've also been seeing flip-flopping signals for something for the south and east over the weekend.
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ECM seems to suggest snow Friday/Saturday mainly south of the main ridge, GFS shows no interest at all. Was in the Arlberg at the weekend and similar but snowier than Ischgl (no sign of hard pack). Even with bright sunshine it felt cold in most places, needed to be wrapped up to sit outside for lunch. Snow should last a while especially as it seemed to be very dry.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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GFS showing something too now, question is always how far in these fronts get, whether it will just be for the south and east facing flanks of the alps.
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BBC weather (dont laugh  ) is suggesting western Italy will benefit most. light SW winds over most of this coming long weekend with low temps and light snow / showers on and off
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You know it makes sense.
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It's going to be mild next week in arosa! I was hoping for cold.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Outlook all over the place again, latest brings the Atlantic back in
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Ooft latest run on Meteociel was a surprise! Hope it stays that way !
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@Alpinebear, exactly
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And as I checked excitedly this morning ….. it’s all disappeared!
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And this weekends offering South of the Alpine ridge in Italy, Aosta seems to be lessening also .
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| Le Grand Renard wrote: |
| And this weekends offering South of the Alpine ridge in Italy, Aosta seems to be lessening also . |
Yes the wall to wall sunshine certainly looks to be ending come the weekend, its just whether the 4/5 days there after deliver a few flakes or 20cm+.....Wait and see!
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fascinated to hear the predictions for half term as they come in. Last 2 were plus 14, hoping for colder than that at least.
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| BBC weather (dont laugh ) is suggesting western Italy will benefit most. light SW winds over most of this coming long weekend with low temps and light snow / showers on and off |
To be fair to you - they use the ECMWF for their forecasts - its the blue line you often seen when people publish the graphs
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I think this is ECMWF for "no idea mate, come back next week"
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To my very amateur eye, it’s looking dry for the foreseeable in the western alps or am I wrong? Are we allowed to talk about half term yet? 
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You know it makes sense.
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Messif Central in France going to get hit today/tomorrow 50cm plus
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Snow Forecast is changing almost hourly between about 12cm - 1cm for Tarantaise resorts over Sunday/Monday. The charts on ECMWF look promising, with the precipitation coming in from the East, hopefully it can push across into those Western areas.
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Poster: A snowHead
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webcam watch shows a lot of cloud & fog rolling up the Aosta Valley
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Does anyone have a slight idea as to what the weather is up to in Alpe D'huez? @Alpinebear what do you think?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Wilip, yesterdays forecast(meteo France on strike today)! has some snow for Sunday night/Monday morning. After that who knows!
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Austria
08 02 2025
Big temperature differences now at Midday. 15° with foehn in Bludenz, 14° in Schwaz in the Inn Valley and 13° in Elsbethen near Salzburg.
On the other hand, it is still around 0° in foggy Weitra in the Waldviertel.
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Is there a glimmer of hope for 20cm top up before half term? Heading to montafon in the voralberg Austria on 14th for half term keeping fingers crossed for a bit of fresh before then. It certainly looks cold for half term week
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10cm or so in Serre Chevalier overnight and today, only WePowder came close to predicting anything like that. It seems like the main models struggle to predict how far in an easterly front will push. Off to check out Italy tomorrow, hopefully they've got a bit more.
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| webcam watch shows a lot of cloud & fog rolling up the Aosta Valley |
hows the snow currently? arriving thursday to Pila
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| Tjhodgson_145 wrote: |
| t44tomo wrote: |
| webcam watch shows a lot of cloud & fog rolling up the Aosta Valley |
hows the snow currently? arriving thursday to Pila |
https://pila.it/en/real-time/webcams/
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| JDgoesskiing wrote: |
| Is there a glimmer of hope for 20cm top up before half term? Heading to montafon in the voralberg Austria on 14th for half term keeping fingers crossed for a bit of fresh before then. It certainly looks cold for half term week |
That’s Hochjoch. Bit warm at the base but looking promising up high… we’re hoping to ski there on the 15th
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FAQ
) 1-3degs milder than average. this will also bring much more precipitation than normal across all of Europe.....
