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Snowpack

Snow depths have widely decreased by 50 to 80 cm over the past 10 days. However, there remain above-average volumes of snow at high altitudes, especially in the high Alpine regions, where there is still mostly closed snow cover. Following the very mild weather in recent days and the onset of precipitation, this is soaked through, and is wet through below around 3000 m.

Precipitation set in on Thursday, with a very high snowfall level of 3200 to 3400 m being seen. By Friday afternoon, 20 to 40 cm of new snow had fallen above approximately 3600 m in southern Valais and 10 to 20 cm elsewhere. Strong southerly winds have caused the new snow to drift.

Trend until Monday, 24.06.2024

On Sunday early morning, there will continue to be 10 to 20 cm of snowfall above approximately 2500 m in the north and east. It will then be mostly dry, with periods of sunshine arriving from the west. On Monday, it will be fairly sunny and the zero-degree level will rise to above 3000 m.

The danger of dry avalanches will hardly change on Sunday before decreasing on Monday. Solar radiation will mean that wet snow slides caused by the new snow and generally by the soaked snowpack are to be expected especially in the west and south on Sunday and in all regions on Monday.