Somewhat belatedly, the oracle looks into his crystal ball and sees fresh snow for the northern slopes of the Alps. Ullr has finally finished his Christmas vacation and pushes this annoying warm high into the orcus. It has already started to snow from the north-west and won't stop until Saturday morning. The snow line should finally not be our problem again, unless you also want to ski in the Rhine Valley and on the shores of Lake Geneva. It will remain somewhere between 500 and 800 m.
Where is it snowing and how much?
Some people will be surprised and say "Oh no, not the north-westerly flow again", because as is so often the case, most of the snow falls from the Hautes Alpes to the Arlberg. South of the main ridge and in the north-east of Austria, it will quickly decrease, although only on the southern slopes of the Alps should nothing really fall at all.
The Lower Valais and the area around Chamonix as well as the area from the Jungfrau region to the Arlberg are likely to be core zones. The amounts will certainly reach 20-35 cm across the board. In Glarnerland, Trento and the area around Chamonix, I wouldn't rule out up to 50 cm, but as the accumulation won't last that long, I don't see much room for improvement. According to models, the Arlberg should also be able to break through the 40-50 cm, but due to the current direction of the whole thing, I wouldn't bet on it. Adjacent to the main ridge and to the east of the Arlberg, 10-25 cm will fall, with the amounts naturally decreasing to the east and south. In the medium term, it looks wintry and also quite precipitation-friendly, but whether it will soon be 30 cm within 24 hours again, which is the threshold for the powder alert, or even more, according to the "busy-gathering-the-snow-cornet-cm-by-cm" category, is not yet clear. Powder to the people!Your Oracle
