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WeatherBlog 7 2023/24 | Imperial weather and not a bad outlook

A solid base and plenty of sunshine promise the best touring conditions

by Sebastian Müller 01/10/2024
After the recent snowfall, the conditions for freeriding and especially ski touring are perfect across the Alps. It's chilly, at least north of the Alps, and half of Germany is also enjoying classic winter weather with frost and a hint of snow. It's like imperial weather!

The last powder alert really enriched the good base throughout the Alps, at least at high altitudes. Unfortunately, it was blown away by the wind, especially on the main Alpine ridge, but the snow line was generally quite low. High pressure is now prevailing with a pleasantly cool northerly flow and plenty of sunshine. The next few days should offer the best touring conditions in perfect weather!

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Medium-term prospects

But no, we're giving the all-clear straight away. In the outlook, we are not expecting a permanently blocking omega weather situation; on the contrary, it should remain wintry in the medium term and become wetter. The Arctic air mass will continue to push retrogradely from the east towards Central Europe, while the warmer subtropical air mass threatens from the south-west. The air mass boundary runs roughly along the main Alpine ridge and the temperature differences between the north and south sides of the Alps will remain considerable. Over the course of the next week, precipitating disturbances will repeatedly embed themselves in a north-westerly flow, and we hope this means further relevant snowfall. So much for the outlook, which definitely doesn't look too bad. We wish you good tours and conclude with a short PG-ICON weather tutorial.

PG-ICON Weather Tutorial #4 | The Archive

We offer you the opportunity to look back at the old forecasts. Simply click on the "+" in the timeline and the past 7 days will be loaded, whereby we have the whole winter in stock for you. We always save the ICON-D2 ensemble forecast for +1 day here, which can be considered a reasonably reliable estimate of the weather. So, a feature for all those who like to look back into the winter.

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