WeatherBlog 15 2022/23 | Unsettled in the south, outlook uncertain

Current situation and outlook

The Alps lie between high pressure in the north and low pressure in the south. Accordingly, the weather is divided into two parts with clouds and precipitation in the south and significantly more sunshine (in some cases only above the fog line) in the north. In the current alert areas far to the southwest, the southeasterly flow is expected to provide some fresh snow until tomorrow (Thursday). In the north, where there has also been some snowfall recently with a cold northerly flow, the snowfall has now stopped again.

Miscellaneous

The snow conditions are still very, very below average. The SLF takes a closer look at the "historic lack of snow" in a blog post. Depressing! The snowfall in parts of the Northern Alps over the last few days has been somewhat heavier than expected by the models and PowderAlerts - the easterly flow directions are comparatively rare and fickle and the corresponding accumulations are difficult to assess. Due to the low temperatures, fairly high amounts of fresh snow were achieved with less spectacular precipitation. However, CRs and other tour reports from the regions so blessed sound more like early November than early March: powdering without a base on previously barren meadow slopes. The winter feeling is of course still enjoyable and we don't want to complain too much.

The first winter reviews are also trickling in just in time for the start of spring today. Of course, we're not going that far yet. As we all know, spring is a very nice part of the skiing winter! The statistical winter (December, January, February) was mild and mostly snow-free. In Austria, the distribution of snow varied from region to region, with the heavy snowfall in Upper Styria at the beginning of February, for example, bringing this region close to normal values. The MeteoSchweiz also reports: Warm and dry, here also without regional, almost normal-wet outliers. Perhaps March will somehow put things right and fill the deficit a little before the summer.