The long-duration storm continues to bring moderate to heavy snow to the Southern Alps on Thursday, with 10 - 20 cm of additional snow expected. The southern Alps will be the deepest once again.

We won't get much of a break with the next storm bringing rain and snow to the Pyrenees on Friday and to the Alps on Saturday. The low-pressure system sitting along the coast of France/Spain will send multiple waves of precipitation to the region through the middle of next week, as you can see below.

And an early look at snow totals is shown below.

I'll have a more detailed look at this next series of storms later this week.

A brief break in the storms is likely for the latter part of next week, as a ridge develops over southern Europe. At the moment, this ridge looks to be short-lived, with a northerly storm track emerging by the end of the weekend.

Thanks for reading the Europe Daily Snow!

Luke Stone
Forecaster, OpenSnow

NEW: Snow Ratio Forecast

You can now get a good idea of the upcoming snow quality for the next storm via our new "Snow Ratio" forecast for any location in OpenSnow.

When we talk about snow quality, such as “light and fluffy” or “heavy and wet”, we are talking about the snow-to-liquid ratio. The higher the snow-to-liquid ratio, the lighter the snow quality, and vice-versa.

1. Go to any location screen and tap the "Snow Summary" tab.
2. Scroll down to the 5-day hourly or 10-day forecast section.
3. View the 5-day hourly or daily "Snow Ratio" forecast for the next 10 days.

10:1 will be fun but will feel a little heavy. 15:1 will offer some faceshots and feel pretty light. 20:1 will be incredibly light, almost like skiing through nothing but air.

This new feature is currently available with the latest version of the OpenSnow iOS app installed (App Store > OpenSnow > Update) or on the OpenSnow website (OpenSnow.com). It will be available in the OpenSnow Android app soon.

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