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WeatherBlog 1 2022/23 | Snow in the south, then mild again

Winter is still a long time coming

by Lea Hartl 11/03/2022
We haven't really started the WeatherBlog season yet, but we'll take a quick look. The reason for this is winter, which is also popping in for a quick look, but then unfortunately turns around and goes back to sleep. It will snow heavily over the next few days, especially on the southern main ridge. There is less in the north, but here too the snow line is dropping towards 1000m.

Weather development

A cold front crosses the Alpine arc and brings a winter feeling. Today (Thursday, 3.11.), the controlling low is still sitting over the British Isles and will push a little to the east by tomorrow, losing a small spur that will slide towards the Mediterranean. The arrival of the front will bring fairly widespread precipitation and significantly lower temperatures. Snowfall will start in the western Alps as early as tonight and further east during the course of Friday. Due to the position of the mini low that has slipped, accumulation effects will occur in the southeast, so that 30-50 cm can be expected at higher elevations.

It will clear up relatively quickly, in the west as early as Friday afternoon and in the east on Saturday. From Sunday, high pressure will prevail again everywhere. Another cold front will probably reach us in the middle of next week, embedded in a small shortwave trough. However, this more or less wintry interlude is also likely to be short-lived.

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Snow conditions

There is hardly any snow away from the glaciers. Even the slightly lower glacier tongues have been snowed out again during the extremely warm October. The coming snow is therefore largely falling without a base and this is also very sparse on the glaciers. The crevasses are often very open after the very unfavorable glacier summer and early season crevasse slalom is, as usual, not recommended! The conditions in the glacier ski areas are, as far as the WeatherBlog knows, not exhilarating, but quite okay for getting used to the slopes. Whether you want to put up with the seasonal glacier crowds or prefer to wait for the "real" winter is of course up to you.

PG season starts

We are starting the season at a leisurely pace and will let you know if there is anything to report. We will start regular operations with the familiar and proven weather offers as soon as it looks like winter. The weekly editorial features will also start as soon as the conditions allow meaningful skiing and snowboarding outside the slopes. Until then, we wish you a great autumn and recommend, for example, the lectures by the ÖGSL, the usual film tours, ski gymnastics, equipment checks, or waiting and drinking tea/beer/etc.

as preparation for the season.

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