PowderAlert 12/2014 | Deep South III

Hadn't I announced in the last alert that it would stop snowing on Monday? I was just on the Ullrphone and he said: Think again, dear! The new alert is in effect until midweek, as Ullr apparently has a plan to break seven-day snowfall records (he's already literally "pulverized" the 48-hour ones in places with 50- to 100-year events in the Southeast). Then we'll move on to the next alert. First, the good news: It looks like there will be a lot of snow and the situation will remain tense in the south, but not so much in terms of further monster amounts of more than one meter within a short period of time. Positive news number two: it's staying quite cool, so we shouldn't have to worry about any more snow. Theoretically even until the weekend. The snow line: Until Wednesday, it will always fluctuate between 700 and a maximum of 1200 meters, depending on how far you are in the mountains and how hard it snows. As is often the case, the west of the Southern Alps will remain cooler than the east. This means you don't need to take out additional glopp insurance anywhere above 1400-1500 m and can enjoy the trees, because now we're on to visibility. Ullr is not on Goggle Tan and therefore there are probably only isolated sightings of the sun in the south. This will probably be the case until the weekend, but here until Wednesday.

The crowds: Want more and belong to the investment banker generation? Ullr has a heart for you and is pouring powder over the Southern Alps. Until Wednesday, snow will fall from Monte Rosa to Slovenia. 30-80 cm of snow, with a core zone of 50-80 cm stretching from Ticino to the Dolomites. In some backwater areas alone, the magic meter may be broken again by Wednesday. Towards the main ridge, this will decrease as usual and you can probably expect half the amounts that there are to the south. To the north there's a foehn, which makes the hair beautiful and the mountains rather bleak. So from northern France to the Rax in the northern Alps: nothing. Even in the rest of France, southwest Italy around Piedmont and the Maritime Alps, there will only be something cosmetic between 0-20 cm this time.

In the medium term: Snow. What else. Whether it will clear up and/or warm up at the weekend. More on that on Wednesday.

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