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PowderAlert 9 2019/20 | The Rise of Deepwalker

The saga begins? Finally powder again instead of glop. And almost all over the Southern Alps.

by Lars Oelmann • 12/19/2019
That's essentially how we envision it.

This is essentially how we envision it.

LH

This is essentially how we envision it.

LH
Now that Star Wars is finally (really?!) coming to an end and Skywalker's heirs are beginning their final space ride, an exciting pre-Christmas week is about to begin. Ullr has had enough of far too high temperatures and in the coming südstau there is at least the chance of good snow again in the western Southern Alps. And that's just the beginning. May the force be with us!

Foehn leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering drowned in beer. You'll have to be patient, young northern Alps padawan, a new alarm and a new hope await on the north side of the Alps from Sunday too. But before that, there's another südstau and this time a few more areas will benefit.

Alert period and areas

The alert goes from the Maritime Alps or southern Hautes Alpes to Slovenia, but the core sits between Monte Rosa and Ticino, as is so often the case. The alert lasts until the precipitation break on Saturday morning.

Wind

Strong and stormy in the south at the top of the main ridge and storm or foehn storm in the north. A nasty thing. But it's pushing a lot up to the main ridge. The LLBs are already expecting a 4 tomorrow evening

PG Neuschneeprognose
PG Neuschneeprognose

Snowfall line

Yes, I said it will get better, but only with the cooling from the west. It will stay high for longer in the east. Generally it snows from 1600-2000m, depending on how sheltered, how intense, etc. In the core it goes down quite quickly to 1200-1400m even in the warm air, everywhere else only later when the cooler air arrives. The full amounts will only come from 1800-2000m

The amounts

From the Maritime Alps to Slovenia 40-60cm, although 70cm may also be possible here and there. Especially in the far east, the models see a little more.

In the core from Monte Rosa to Ticino, 70-90cm is coming and the meter can also be filled in the known backwater holes. The models like to overestimate short traffic jams and fronts and the cold front from the west quickly puts an end to the whole thing, so I don't see much more, even if some models think so.

That's essentially how we envision it.

This is essentially how we envision it.

LH

This is essentially how we envision it.

LH

Where should I go?

Friday in the core in the trees. On Saturday, you can often go higher up in the ski resorts with sunshine, although the hurricane and lots of fresh snow beforehand might not be really inviting as a combo to step on the gas.

Sunday, it starts to snow seriously again in the north and west, so you should look for a place that benefits from both directions.

Mid-term

Alarm 10 is ready from Saturday evening and it's coming from the northwest and will probably crash into the western Alps quite briskly. After that, it looks rather dry and mild after the holidays, so with the new base it should be possible to go on vacation tours further up (yes, hey! conjunctive....is still a long way off).

Powder to the people!

Your oracle, who will at least treat himself to the südstau before going to the family.

Tip game

It's off to Ticino again with the Bedretto Casinello station

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