A few calm and quiet days are on the way to close out the work week. Our next chance for snow comes on Friday night. A cut-off low strengthening below a strong upper-level ridge will set up over the western Alps and bring some light snow to Zermatt. Following this storm, more dry weather is expected.

The models have trended farther west for the late-week storm over the last few days and now show a strong Retour d'est storm arriving around Friday morning. The southern Alps will continue to be favored with this storm, and significant accumulation is possible through Monday. A strong ridge will remain in place over northern Europe which will keep the chances for additional Retour d'est storms.