It's not really wintry yet, but with the weather data from ZAMG (Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Öster. Wetterdienst), which is now populating the PowderGuide homepage again, at least we're no longer in danger of missing an approaching onset of winter!
New snow, SNOWGRID and co
The new snow and sunshine forecasts are based on the high-resolution INCA model from ZAMG. For the SNOWGRID maps, the void west of Engelberg, for example, does not mean that there is never any snow here. Unfortunately, the model coverage ends here - SNOWGRID is only available for Austria and some smaller, directly adjacent areas. SNOWGRID has a model grid point every 100m. This means that one value in the snow depth map corresponds to an area of 100x100 meters. For comparison: The standard size for soccer pitches is 105m x 68m. SNOWGRID therefore does not see small-scale fluctuations, such as blown-off terrain edges or particularly thick drift snow packs, but gives a good indication of the snow conditions in the region.
