Current situation and outlook
As usual, we'll leave more details on the amount of new snow from the last cold front and the Italian low that will follow with a bit of luck to PowderAlert. The weather in the Alpine region is currently dominated by a low-pressure complex over Scandinavia, which is driving disturbances past us in several waves. In addition to storms and fresh snow, these may also bring sleet showers or even winter thunderstorms.
The trough and its fronts are likely to take their leave everywhere during Thursday and there will be a short breather before the current turns SW again on Friday and the next trough approaches from the west. In the north, the Föhn will kick in, while in the south there will be increasing dust clouds and precipitation.
A drip process is likely to develop from the trough that moves in over the weekend: a small blob will split off from the large trough and slide into the Mediterranean, where it will turn into an Italian low. From today's perspective, the focus of the precipitation will be in the western southern Alps on Saturday and then move eastwards. As is often the case, the exact development is still uncertain. Mild and foehn-like in the north. We suspect that the PowderAlert will call again before the weekend and leave everything else to it.
If you look beyond the European section of the map, you will find a strongly pronounced low-pressure complex filled with cold polar air over the north-east of the American continent and the north-west Atlantic. In combination with the comparatively warm Atlantic water, new lows are constantly developing from this, which are sliding eastwards in our direction in rapid succession - as you can see from the varied weather these days.
In the crystal ball area, there are signs of a calmer stretch of weather next week, but this is the usual speculation.
