PowderAlert 13/2013 | Funky February III

You should believe in Ullr, says your Powderjedi! Finally, it's that time again: since tonight, there's been northern thaw. A lot has already fallen since the last alarm (around 15-30 cm) and there's more to come before Friday. Unfortunately, it seems to be making the Ullrjünger west of the Arlberg happy once again. There was no alert for yesterday because there was only 10-20 cm across the board. In the far west, however, it was significantly more and would have justified one with 50 cm in France and western Switzerland. Please forgive the oracle for this carelessness. Sometimes it has other things to worry about ;) But now to the snow that is best, the unfallen snow or the snow that can still be tracked!
The snow line remains very low and is therefore not a problem. The high-altitude flow will also remain quite weak and will therefore pose a problem for the areas closer to the main ridge, as this time it will really only snow the most in the northern backcountry and the foothills of the Alps. There will be snow from Chamonix to the Dachstein, although once again most of it seems to be coming from Switzerland. However, as the models tend to underestimate traffic jams, I'd say that there should also be some good snow on the Arlberg, the Nordkette and other traffic jams. The amounts are extremely difficult and the models are actually only predicting 20-40 cm by Saturday, but since these kinds of foothills of the Alps can sometimes get a lot more, I'm going to give the center (wherever that will be... but generally from the Bernese Oberland to Glarus or Arlberg) I'm predicting 35-70 cm of the finest, cold and lightly blown snow and I'm venturing onto thin forecast ice. As you can see, the snow quality will be good, only the quantities will remain a bit of a mystery. There will be less in the peripheral areas, just like towards the main ridge, where I still see 20-40 cm. Therefore: Stay in the trees until Saturday and hope that it might open up at the weekend. There is a better chance of sun holes towards the main ridge. But the models don't make me very confident that anything will happen in that direction before the new low. Powder to the peopleYour oracle