The season’s not over yet
Anyone who’s been watching the forecast and wondering if the winter is over already should fear not.
While a strong high pressure system has yet again returned over the Alps, a brief cold front will bring some fresh snow in the next 24 hours.
The front is coming from the north west and so the best snow falls will be, general speaking, on the north west side of The Alps. Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be the winners. Italy will see some small totals but not much, France is unlikely to see anything at all.
Beyond this brief period of snowy conditions sunshine will make an immediate return.
Currently long-range forecasting suggests we shouldn’t expect any new snow until at least February 24.
In Andorra and Spain, atmospheric conditions are slightly more unsettled with a mix of sun and cloud this weekend. Next week Sierra Nevada in Spain may well kick things off with almost a metre of snow forecast for Monday, February 20.
In far north Scandinavia expect a continuation of overcast dull conditions. No significant snowfall is currently forecast.
Over in North America, the last six days have seen heavy snowfalls, with the hotspot being British Columbia and the Canadian west coast.
There was also some heavy snow in California and some medium snowfalls in Colorado and Utah.
The next six days are going to bring…surprise, surprise… more snow! This time the hotspot will definitely be the Sierra Nevada range hitting California and Nevada with the kind of ferocity that no longer surprises us to be quite honest.
Maybe we could persuade our North American comrades to share some of this lovely stuff with us Europeans?
For a more detailed snow report, go to the Ski Club of Great Britain.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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