And once again, the pattern of winter can be seen in the maps: because it was mostly only really colorful in the Southern Alps. And here only from the Maritime Alps to Monte Rosa in the west of Italy. Apparently, Ullr has taken a liking to the Signorinas del Neve and wants to go back again and again.
And for all lovers of the southern lifestyle between espresso and deep powder, there's another reason to go there, because it's thundering: And once again in the magical meter range! But this time, snow should fall from the Maritime Alps to the Dolomites, only the jackpot, as so often this year, can be found in Piedmont.
The snow line is a bit tricky, because it's starting relatively cool, so that today everything from 1000 to 1200 m will actually come as snow (even lower in closed valleys), but towards Wednesday it will rise mercilessly and possibly fall as rain up to 1500 m. Then possibly lower again in the inner Alps. As you know, südstau are complicated. The problem here is that there will be quite heavy snow on top of the initially cooler snow. Wind is not so much of an issue, because Ullr doesn't want his companions' hair to be ruined or our powder to be blown away.
How much does Ullr load from his Ferrari?
Despite the small trunk capacity of his Italian sports car, Ullr gives us plenty, because in the core from the Sea Alps, via the Cotic Alps and Gran Paradiso east side to the Monte Rosa and Simplon, around 90 to 120 cm of pow will be unloaded by Wednesday morning, towards the Cottish Alps (west of Turin) or in southern Piedmont possibly a few centimetres extra. a few centimeters extra. On a daily basis, this may even be a little more (e.g. 60+60+50 cm), but as it snows for a long time, the increase in snow cover is unlikely to be any higher. In the rest of the Southern Alps from Ticino to the Dolomites, it should be around 30 to 60 cm depending on the full hit. But it won't really snow here until Monday. Uncertainty area number one is Ticino, because here, depending on how strong the eastern component of the congestion becomes, significantly more than 30 to 60 cm can fall and even up to a meter can come - or not. In any case, the boundary will be quite abrupt.
Since we don't have a strong high-altitude current, the whole thing will quickly decrease towards the main ridge and almost nothing will spill over into France, Austria or northern Switzerland.
My tip: Climb into the Powderferrari on Ullr (if you're flexible) and Monday to Tuesday in the western Italian Alps or on Monte Rosa in the trees and then go quite high up from Wednesday to enjoy the snow for longer. Below 2000 m, powder will quickly become scarce even on the north side thanks to the warmth.
In the medium term there is only noise in the crystal ball, but there is not much to see for the north. Polvere a tutti!
Your Orakulo!
