Alpen

An almost normal summer was followed by a relatively snowy, early fall season with the first days of skiing on the glacier. Even in October, with a little imagination, you could still convince yourself that everything was somehow almost normal, although the worsening of the coronavirus crisis had been looming for some time. November is now characterized by new lockdowns throughout the Alps.

This year, some things are a little different and in addition to the familiar questions such as "Which ski resorts are already open?", there are new ones, for example: "What about the travel warnings and what does that mean for my ski season?"

A lack of snow in the early season, repeated rain up to high altitudes in mid-winter and then the coronavirus pandemic overshadowing everything - 2019/20 was not a carefree dream winter. We are all the more pleased about the beautiful, fun, adventurous and exciting days on the mountain that we were able to experience last season. In the SeasonReport we review the key points of the winter on PowderGuide.com. Thanks to the PG community and to all our friends and partners! And see you soon!

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Many people are currently showing a new or perhaps just rediscovered interest in gardening, sourdough and looking out of the window. The weather is crucial for two of these things anyway, and if you take sourdough seriously, you can also think about the local kitchen microclimate. So, as always, there's plenty of reason to talk about the weather.

The Alpine region lies between a low in the south and a wide-ranging bridge of high pressure that spans us in the north. We are on the borderline between "cool and mostly sunny" and "cloudy and often wet". The cold easterly flow will remain with us.

What to do with the WeatherBlog? Skiing has been canceled, there are more important things to do. In stark contrast to the state weather services, which are part of the critical infrastructure and therefore have to continue to function anyway, we are here purely for entertainment. On the other hand, I personally find the weather report after the TV or radio news to be soothing, reassuringly normal, as is looking at weather maps. So, let's talk a bit about the weather.

In February, it rained several times up to high altitudes. The WeatherBlog has reported on the warm western weather several times. However, especially in the higher areas, the rain only reduces the snow depth, but usually increases the amount or mass of snow.

As usual this winter, the Alps are experiencing a strong westerly current. After a few cold, wet days, spring is returning today (Wednesday) with full force and zero degrees around 3000m.

Somehow it feels like winter is just beginning, at least if you are traveling in the areas currently blessed with fresh snow. Winter in terms of meteorological statistics, on the other hand, has come to an end at the turn of the month and the weather services are presenting their reviews.

Stormy Yulia visited us before the current low Zehra. By now, we are used to stormy conditions with horizontal rain at 2000m and extreme wind peaks in the lowlands. Storm Yulia joined Petra, Sabine and Victoria in this respect last weekend.

"You don't say nice weather!" - That's what we learned at university. Of course, you don't say "bad weather" either. In fact, the WeatherBlog still tries to avoid such subjective expressions, after all, tastes differ and if you try hard, you can still get something out of boring weather conditions (technical term) from a meteorological point of view.