Europe Daily Snow
By Luke Stone, Forecaster Posted 11 days ago April 5, 2025
Most of the Action Stays East Through Mid Month
Summary
A strong ridge over northwestern Europe will continue to keep the storm track just east of the Alps. The eastern Alps may see some shower activity as a few of these storms track through eastern Europe. Otherwise, things will be mostly dry through the middle of the month when a possible pattern change.
Short Term Forecast
A strong ridge over northwestern Europe will keep the Alps and Pyrenees dry for most of the next seven to ten days. The location of the ridge will allow for some showers in the Pyrenees at times, but this is a warm setup, so they will mostly fall as rain.
This ridge is expected to remain in place for the next week or more. Around the 10th, it will start to weaken and eventually move to the east. Below, you can see the ridge hanging out in northwestern Europe from today through next Saturday.
Once this happens, we should see a pattern change. The details of this pattern change remain uncertain, though, as the models show many different scenarios from day to day and run to run.
Most of these scenarios involve snow for the Alps, but it's too early for details or any further discussion at this time. Once the models start to show some consistency, I can discuss them more thoroughly.
My next post will be on Monday.
Thanks for reading the Europe Daily Snow!
Luke Stone
Forecaster, OpenSnow
Extended Forecast
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