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The area of high pressure that brought such beautiful weather to the Alps over the weekend is now slipping away eastwards, allowing weather fronts to start moving in from the north-west.  

The first of these fronts is already affecting the north-western foothills of the Alps this afternoon and will reach the north-western Alps this evening and overnight. The rain/snow limit will start quite high, typically around 2000m, before descending to around 1000m on Tuesday morning. Between 5-15cm of snow can be expected above 2000m across much of the north-western Alps (e.g. 3 Valleys, Grand Massif, Verbier, Jungfrau Region, Engelberg, Arlberg). The north-eastern Alps (e.g. Salzburgland) will likely see between 1-5cm of snow.

On Tuesday, light snow flurries will continue to relatively low altitudes for a while across some northern regions, before it turns drier for a time on Wednesday. Throughout this period the southern Alps will miss most of the snow, with just a dusting getting through here and there, mostly close to the border areas.

By Thursday new fronts will approach the Alps from the west which will likely deliver some moderate precipitation later in the day and overnight across many northern and western parts of the Alps. The rain/snow limit will initially be between 1000m and 1500m (lowest further east), tending to rise towards 2000m overnight.

The weather will remain unsettled on Friday, but with rain possible as high as 2000m or even 2500m for a time. It will then turn colder again during the weekend, with widespread heavy snow likely to low levels by Sunday…

Monday night will see light to moderate snow reach the western Austrian Alps (e.g St Anton, Ischgl) with a rain/snow limit dropping from 2000m towards 1000m on Tuesday morning.

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with light snow flurries (800-1000m) in places, these tending to die out in the west later in the day. The southern Austrian Alps (e.g. Carinthia) should stay dry with bright spells. Between Monday evening and Tuesday evening, between 1-5cm of snow can be expected above 1500m across many Austrian resorts (away from the south), with a little more falling in the far west.

Wednesday will see variable cloud and some sunny spells, mostly in the south and west. There will also be a few light flurries (500-700m) here and there, mostly in the north-eastern Austrian Alps (e.g. Salzburgland, Upper Austria) but not amounting to much.

Thursday will be cold but mostly dry with sunny spells, and freezing levels typically around 400-600m. 

Monday night will see precipitation continue across the northern half of the French Alps (e.g. 3 Valleys, Grand Massif, Portes du Soleil) with a rain/snow limit falling from around 1900m to 1300m by Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday morning any remaining snow flurries (1200m) should quickly die out to leave a cool but mostly dry day with a few sunny spells appearing. Around 5-10cm of new snow can be expected above 2000m between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Throughout this period, the southern French Alps (e.g. Risoul, Isola 2000) will stay mostly dry with some good sunny spells on Tuesday.

Wednesday should be mostly dry with sunny spells, and freezing levels typically around 1500m.  

Thursday is likely to start fine but with increasing cloud cover, heralding the arrival of the next set of weather fronts that will bring some rain or snow later in the day, at least to the northern half of the French Alps. The rain/snow limit may start at around 1200-1500m but is likely to rise quickly to 1800m, then higher still in the early hours of Friday. 

Monday night will see some rain or snow moving into the far north-western Italian Alps (La Thuile, Courmayeur, Cervinia) with a rain/snow limit falling from about 1900m to 1400m. Around 5cm of snow can be expected above 2000m in these resorts by Tuesday morning, while other parts of the Italian Alps will remain dry.

Tuesday will be cooler with variable cloud and occasional sunny spells, and just the odd isolated snow flurry (1000m) here and there.

Temperatures will remain on the cool side on Wednesday, but with plenty of sunshine for most regions. Freezing levels will typically be between 500m and 1000m (east to west).

Thursday will again be dry for most regions, although thickening cloud may bring snow (1500m) to the far north-west later in the day. 

Monday night will see rain or snow across many parts of the Swiss Alps away from the far south (Ticino) with a rain/snow limit falling from around 1800-2000m towards 1000m by Tuesday morning. Between 5-15cm of new snow can be expected between Monday evening and Tuesday morning above 1800m in the likes of Verbier, Mürren and Engelberg. 

Tuesday will be cool and mostly cloudy with a few very light flurries (800m-1000m) here and there, albeit not amounting to much. The far south will be brighter.

Aside from the odd light flurry close to the northern foothills of the Alps, Wednesday will be mostly dry with variable cloud cover and some sunny spells. Freezing levels will typically be close to 1000m.

Thursday will start dry, though thickening cloud is likely to bring some rain or snow to the western Swiss Alps later in the day, spreading further east overnight. The rain/snow limit will start at around 1000-1500m (lowest in the east) before rising towards 2000m overnight, and even higher later in the night in the west. 

Friday is likely to see spells of rain or snow across much of the northern Alps, however, with very mild air in the mix the rain/snow limit is likely to sit between 1800m and 2400m.

Later on Saturday it should start to turn much more wintry from the north-west, with the prospect of some more widespread and heavy snow to low levels on Saturday night and Sunday. 

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Saturday 7 December 2024