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GIAN EHRENZELLER
As a result, more than 50 centimeters of fresh snow fell in the high Alps, as announced by the meteorological service Meteonews. Some snowflakes were lost, especially in the inland alpine valleys up to 600 meters above sea level. The reason for the cold wave is a strong disturbance from a low over the North Atlantic.
Meteoschweiz, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, showed how the snowfall line in the morning fell from almost 1,700 to less than 1,300 meters above sea level in three hours at 11.30 a.m. Throughout the year, the border in the Alps, Prealps and Valais sank up to 1000 meters.
For the south and east of Switzerland, meteorologists counted on more extensive rains overnight. In the high Alps they expected up to a meter of fresh snow. Snow fell over the entire main Alpine range since noon on Monday. Also 50 centimeters of fresh snow was expected locally at 1500 meters.
In some parts of Graubünden there was a great risk of storms, in the rest of the canton and Ticino there was a risk of storms. On the southern side of the Alps, the line of snowfall only fell from 2,000 to 1,600 meters above sea level on Monday afternoon.
