Waadtländer Voralpen

Snowpack

With new snow and strong westerly winds at times, mostly small wind slabs are forming in the north. Some of these are prone to triggering.

In addition, around the crusts in the top section of the snowpack, weak layers with a sometimes faceted crystal structure are deposited. These weak layers are still prone to triggering in places, especially in southern Upper Valais and in the inneralpine regions of Grisons. Deep layers of the snowpack are compact in many places and do not contain distinct weak layers.

Gliding avalanches are still possible, primarily on east-, south- and west-facing slopes below approximately 2600 m and more rarely on north-facing slopes. These may be large.

Weather forecast until Saturday, 16.03.2024

Some snow will fall in the north during Friday night into Saturday. The snowfall level will drop from 1800 m to 1500 m by the early morning. During the day, light snowfall will continue in the east. It will be increasingly sunny in the west and mostly sunny in the south.

New snow

From Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon, the following amounts of fresh snow are expected above approximately 2000 m:

• Northern Alpine Ridge, extreme west of Lower Valais: 10 to 20 cm;
• rest of the northern flank of the Alps, rest of Valais, northern Grisons and Lower Engadine north of the Inn: 5 to 10 cm;
• elsewhere: less; dry on the southern flank of the Alps.

Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, around 0 °C.

Wind

• There will be moderate to strong westerly winds during the night in the north and generally at high altitudes.
• During the day, winds will ease off slightly in the west, remaining moderate to strong from the northwest elsewhere.

Weather review for Friday, 15.03.2024

In the north, it was often cloudy with isolated showers. Elsewhere, it was cloudy at times with prolonged bright spells in southern Valais, Ticino and eastern Grisons.

New snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, between 2 °C in the north and 4 °C in the south.

Wind

There were light to moderate westerly to northerly winds.

Trend until Monday, 18.03.2024

Clouds will gather rapidly in the west and south on Sunday morning. In the east it will be quite sunny until the afternoon, and cloudy later on. Monday will be often cloudy with a little snow above approximately 1800 m. Some bright spells are possible, especially in the south. There will be a light to moderate westerly wind on both days. The danger of dry avalanches will decrease on Sunday and may increase again slightly on Monday with new fallen snow. Occasional gliding avalanches, some of which could be large, will still be possible.