Is anyone watching the weather maps?

There is a front moving in from the west of the UK that seems to have picked up some serious steam - all forecasts for the alpine region on the continent seem to predict it originally bouncing off the high, but it has gathered momentum and IMO and may bring some serious weather with it...here's hoping anyway...

see the link

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_IR.html


I'd appreciate anyone who knows what they are talking about to give an opinion!

Hi !

IF the high pressure does move, the earliest snow will be on wednesday.
But it seems to be an unusual big high pressure just sit there and keeps away any snow we could have from the west.
However the snow canons are working very well cause it's really cold, and everybody agrees to say that conditions are good on the slopes and all the main resorts are open enough for great fun !

Enjoy !

Agreed about the cannons...but wednesday would be great if it does hit.

Please huey - get there big fella!

Do you agree about the way the low is moving snowgirl?

Well theres a low moving in from Newfoundland, which is moving in behind the High currently over the uk. The high will slip away towards Austria and be overhead by Wednesday. This high will bring cold, but settled conditions for Austria at least until Saturday. That will mean that the chances of new snow will be slim during next week, however, there is always the possibility of a stray front crossing the high, which would almost certainly give snow above 500m. However, this could be unlikely as by thursday, the high will have merged with another high currently over Russia. This will leave a merged high of 1036mb or thereabouts pulling in wind from the South-East of Austria/North East Italy. This wind will advect temperatures across North Eastern Italy and the Adriatic, and bring a slight increase in temperatures in exposed places in Austria. Temperatures in the valleys of Austria will fall under this high, as the little wind there is will be drawn by catabatic winds down into the valley. The opposite is true also, with a Fohn effect possible, but under these settled conditions, it will not have much effect. This is of course what is most likely to happen from a meteorological point of view, however the thing with mountains is, they really do mess up the equations a fair bit. So although this is accurate, theres still a possibility of localised conditions such as snow, blizzards and definately frost hollows.

So in summary, a great week for more use of the snow cannons with temperatures set to fall a bit more. Not that much new snow to talk about but whatever is at the ski resorts now, should stick around in fairly good conditions. I would advise them to still use the snow cannons, to maintain a good piste and prevent icy patches/areas.

Thanks for your advice there - i can't believe how long the weather has been calm and settled over the alps - when will ity let up?!
I am at ischgl from the 23rd and was really hoping for some freshies...just doesn't seem likely. :( :(

Yes.... no, I don't think so ! But anyway isn't better than a day in the office with british rain ??? I think it is !

We have massive frost hollow here, it's beautifull....but not usefull !
As mikedib87 suggests some foenh (south wind in the Alps) I hope not cause we need the low pressure to move from the west and not the south. For the moment the pressure is so high 1046 mbr and brings from siberia dry and cold air......