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PowderAlert 13 | A short pleasure

News from the powder glass sphere

by Lars Oelmann 02/28/2012
After about 50 cm in the east instead of the expected (and therefore not alarmed) 20 cm, there are now up to 30-40 cm more. As the accumulation in the east – as so often... see today – can also be criminally underestimated, it could also occasionally reach 60 cm. But I'm not convinced?

After about 50 cm in the east instead of the expected (and therefore not alarmed) 20 cm, there are now up to 30-40 cm more. As the accumulation in the east - as so often... see today - can also be criminally underestimated, it could also occasionally reach 60 cm. But I'm not convinced of this?

Another problem is likely to be the warmth that is also flowing in, which will probably shrink the window of opportunity for enjoyment to almost zero. Because it's constantly getting warmer with the incoming precipitation. If it breaks up in the far east on Wednesday afternoon or even Thursday morning, it will also be more Mediterranean than Scandinavian in terms of temperatures. And with the zero degree line rising rapidly towards 3000 m, the powder fun will be short-lived.

Short powder fun on 27.2.2012 in the Zillertal

And yes, the weekend is probably also through on the north side below 3000 m.

With the warming and the amounts that are already there, the whole thing is still quite dangerous. So my recommendation would be to seek out flat glaciers / high alpine locations.

In the medium term, however, this warm peak only seems to be of shorter duration and nobody needs to worry about a 2011 March. Whether something and how much will come afterwards towards March 8-10, at the earliest after the heat wave at this powder spot.

But enough of the rhymes. Sacrifice at your Ullr shrines, that he may reunite us with Powder.

Your oracle

Text: Lars Oelmann

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