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No more mild weather – next week there will be up to 12 inches of fresh snow
According to meteorologists, the month of November this year has been dry and warm above average so far. At the beginning of the meteorological winter, a cold front is expected to hit Switzerland on Tuesday. This, therefore, brings some snowflakes to the lower altitudes.
The ice on the Rhone Glacier is melting at record speed:
Video: srf / Roberto Krone
In late November, there was often high pressure weather with fog in the lowlands and beautiful mountain weather. In the lowlands the temperature was one to two degrees and at the altitude three to four degrees warmer than average, as announced on Saturday by the meteorological service Meteonews.
In Valais, Ticino and Graubünden, November was reportedly extremely dry. In the towns of Andeer and Scuol in Graubünden and in Greater St. Bernard in Valais, it was the driest November since measurements began. In Chur, Ilanz and Locarno, sometimes less than a liter of rain fell per square meter.
Punctually at the start of meteorological winter on December 1, according to meteorologists, a cold front ends with high autumn fog on Tuesday. On the northern side of the Alps, widespread rainfall is expected.
Some snowflakes could also fall in the lowlands on Wednesday. Large amounts of precipitation are not expected. For the mountains, around ten to twenty, locally also more than a foot, fresh snow is predicted. (sda)
