Today in the Alps...
Updated: 9am Thursday 17 January 2019 - Lots of sun today, light snow for many tomorrow…
Following a beautiful day in the Alps yesterday, a new weather front is now approaching from the north-west today. It won’t be very active but it will bring some light snow to quite a wide swathe of the Alps later today and tonight. A secondary weather feature will also develop in the Mediterranean which will intensify the snow across the far south-eastern Alps (Dolomites) tonight... Read more
Lovely morning in Hochkönig, Austria but some light snow is expected later – 17 January 2019 – Photo: hochkoenig.at
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