Europe Daily Snow
By Luke Stone, Forecaster Posted 25 days ago February 14, 2025
Northwest Alps Storm Ending, The Dry for a While
Summary
The northwest Alps are getting a good dump that is winding down on Friday morning. The storm track then shifts to the east for much of the next week, as a strong ridge develops over the heart of Europe, which will keep things dry in the Alps and Pyrenees for the foreseeable future.
Short Term Forecast
It's been snowing heavily in the northern French and Swiss Alps over the last few days, resulting in good conditions and some solid powder days. Several northwest wind favored locations in the Swiss Alps, like Engelberg, Turliboden, Etang de Trente Pass, Grand Cor, and L'Ecreuleuse, have already received 30 - 60 cm of new snow.
Below are some of the totals across the Swiss Alps over the last few days.
After this storm winds down on Saturday morning, a strong ridge will build in over central Europe and stick around for several days.
The ensembles have it remaining over Central Europe through at least the 26th.
Extended Forecast
There are some weak signs that we could see a pattern change in the last few days of the month but it's too early to buy into that. We could see a weak storm move through the Pyrenees during this period as well. Stay tuned for more details.
My next post will be on Friday.
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Luke Stone
Forecaster, OpenSnow
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