Endless snow – More than 1 meter of snow since Friday – Meteo

Since Friday morning it has been snowing in Ticino and the south of the canton of Graubünden almost without interruption, and there is sometimes a high risk of avalanches. At Airolo, on the southern portal of the Gotthard, there are already 105 centimeters of snow. As of early Monday morning, it still snows heavily in some places.

In much of Ticino, in southern Graubünden and in the Engadine, it has been snowing almost continuously since early Friday morning and continued to snow on Sunday. In southern Ticino and on Lake Maggiore, Sunday’s snowfall turned to rain again, similar to Friday afternoon. At Airolo, another 53 centimeters of fresh snow was measured on Sunday morning, and the total depth of snow increased to 105 centimeters. Throughout Sunday, there was another 30 millimeters of precipitation, which corresponds to around 30 centimeters of fresh snow.

72 centimeters in Guttannen

From Saturday to Sunday there was not only a lot of snow in the south, but also in the adjacent areas in the north, namely in Urserental, the Urner Reuss valley, in Goms, Haslital and even Engelbergertal. On Sunday morning, for example, the greatest depth of fresh snow was measured at Guttannen in Haslital at 72 centimeters, and Engelberg also had a lot of fresh snow at 56 centimeters.

Continued on Sunday

On Sunday morning there were also large amounts of fresh snow in Göschenen with 57 centimeters, in Andermatt and Fiesch with 53 centimeters each. A little out of the way in this case was the canton of Graubünden with 44 centimeters in San Bernardino, 42 centimeters in Disentis and 40 centimeters in Scuol. However, it continued to snow heavily throughout the course of Sunday, especially in Misox, Bergell and Upper Engadin. However, there were heavy rains over the course of Sunday in Prättigau and in the Rhine valley of St. Gallen.

Great danger of avalanches and even more snow.

After heavy snowfall and stormy wind on Friday and Saturday, there is sometimes a high risk of avalanches, i.e. level 4 on the five part risk scale. All of northern Ticino, including Centovalli, the southern valleys of Grisons and the Upper Engadine are affected. From the south of Valais, through the eastern Bernese Oberland, to Alpstein and in the other areas of Grisons, danger level 3 applies, i.e. considerable.

Also on monday

Avalanche risk remains largely unchanged on Monday as snow continues to fall across much of Ticino, in Graubünden, but also in parts of central and eastern Switzerland until Monday morning. In these areas, another 5 to almost 16 inches of fresh snow should be expected.

Generally inconsistent

Until Wednesday at noon there were more snow showers in the south, below 600 meters there was also rain in some parts. However, the intensity of precipitation decreases day by day. The heaviest snowfall should end on Monday afternoon. In the north, some snow falls locally on Monday morning, then Ms. Holle takes an artistic break. New snowfalls arrive early Wednesday morning. The next largest band of precipitation from the west will hit us on Friday, but the snowfall line is likely to rise to 700 to 1000 meters.