Current situation and outlook
We are on the western edge (in the direction of flow on the back) of a powerful low-pressure complex that is slowly moving eastwards. In recent days, the very meridional flow has created impressive temperature contrasts between northern Europe and the southeast: The coldest night in a long time was recorded in northern Sweden, while local temperature records were broken in Greece. The latter were caused by a south-westerly flow in front of the trough and foehn effects. The former is due to the polar air mass, which has worked its way far south through the strongly corrugated jet.
This large wave in the jet stream will continue to keep us busy. However, a smaller wave will briefly appear today, which is embedded in the overriding current and brings intermediate high pressure and, for the northern Alps, a few rays of sunshine and a significant rise in temperature. We are in the warm sector following yesterday's warm front. However, this spell will be short-lived. It will cloud over again this evening and the next cold front will approach from the northwest. The snow line will drop again, although this time the air masses will come from the comparatively warm North Atlantic rather than directly from the cold Arctic Ocean. Details on the snowfall over the next few days can be found in the current PowderGuide.com.
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