Snow Forecast Summary - 2nd December 2010

This Week

Huge snowfalls and very low temperatures were reported from across The Alps, with less widespread but still impressive new snows blessing North America. Around one third of all Northern Hemisphere resorts are now open with superb early season conditions for most, particularly in Europe.

Big snows arrived in The Alps at the beginning of the week and have only just begun to ease off in the past 24 hours.

European Weather and Snow Next Week

Following a few days of fairly settled weather, albeit with further light snow expected on Saturday to many areas, we expect temperatures to rise a little into the early part of next week. This is likely to be a brief interlude, however, before cold weather follows and the weather system will bring yet more precipitation.

Early next week, probably Monday or Tuesday, looks like a further significant snow event - at least for the Western Alps. This will accompany the rise in temperature, however, so the exact mix of rain and snow (i.e. where the snow line falls) is very uncertain at this point. We don't expect temperatures, and therefore the snow line, to move much above the seasonal average so next week should see consolidation and improvement to the snow packs in most resorts.

Definitely another interesting week coming up!

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