After the snow from two weeks ago is now, as predicted in the first alert, hardly present below 2300 m, there is now some replenishment: From France via the Vaud Alps to the Arlberg, around 20-30 cm will accumulate, as there is no real accumulation and the front is only moving across the Alps.
These amounts may also accumulate on the southern side of the Alps from Ticino to Trentino, although it is not yet entirely clear how the front will behave as it crosses the Alps from west to east.
Tendentially, however, the focus of the precipitation will be in the area from the northern French Alps to the Vaud Alps in northwestern Switzerland.
After that it will be warmer again from Saturday/Sunday with a zero degree limit between 2500-3000m, so that the ground can continue to cool down in the coming days, but in the medium term larger parts of this snow will only remain in the mountains above 2000 meters above sea level.
Text: Lars Oelmann