Snow Overviews

France

Updated 14/01

High pressure dominates over most of Europe this week, thanks to the Jetstream forming a strong barrier along the west cost of Ireland, the UK and Norway. As a result, plenty of sun and fine, dry and bright conditions will be story of the week from now until the end of the weekend.

Things will remain cold, however, with a freezing line camping out at around 1,000m, occasionally peaking to 2,000m in the midday sun. Daytime highs of -5°C can be expected at 2,000m, occasionally slipping into positive temperatures throughout the week.

This barrier is broken as the weekend comes to a conclusion, with more unsettled weather moving in over the course of the new week – it is still to far out to see what affect this may have.

Switzerland

Updated 14/01

High pressure dominates over most of Europe this week, thanks to the Jetstream forming a strong barrier along the west cost of Ireland, the UK and Norway. As a result, plenty of sun and fine, dry and bright conditions will be story of the week from now until the end of the weekend.

Things will remain cold, however, with a freezing line camping out at around 1,000m, occasionally peaking to 2,000m in the midday sun. Daytime highs of -5°C can be expected at 2,000m, occasionally slipping into positive temperatures throughout the week.

This barrier is broken as the weekend comes to a conclusion, with more unsettled weather moving in over the course of the new week – it is still to far out to see what affect this may have.

Austria

Updated 14/01

High pressure dominates over most of Europe this week, thanks to the Jetstream forming a strong barrier along the west cost of Ireland, the UK and Norway. As a result, plenty of sun and fine, dry and bright conditions will be story of the week from now until the end of the weekend.

Things will remain cold, however, with a freezing line camping out at around 1,000m, occasionally peaking to 2,000m in the midday sun. Daytime highs of -5°C can be expected at 2,000m, occasionally slipping into positive temperatures throughout the week.

A few flurries of snow will move in to some areas on Wednesday as a pocket of low pressure moves into Eastern Europe, but this will barely measure on the snowstick.

This barrier is broken as the weekend comes to a conclusion, with more unsettled weather moving in over the course of the new week – it is still to far out to see what affect this may have.

Italy

Updated 14/01

High pressure dominates over most of Europe this week, thanks to the Jetstream forming a strong barrier along the west cost of Ireland, the UK and Norway. As a result, plenty of sun and fine, dry and bright conditions will be story of the week from now until the end of the weekend.

Things will remain cold, however, with a freezing line camping out at around 1,000m, occasionally peaking to 2,000m in the midday sun. Daytime highs of -5°C can be expected at 2,000m, occasionally slipping into positive temperatures throughout the week.

A few flurries of snow will move over Piemonte over this weekend, as low pressure bubbles away in the Mediterranean. This will bring about 5cm to the region, with the barrier becoming more broken down as the weekend comes to a conclusion and unsettled weather moving across the whole of the Italian Alps – it remains too early to tell how much snow this will bring.

Germany

Updated 14/01

A generally cold but fine and bright week for German resorts, with the freezing line hovering around 1,000m for the remainder of this week. A few flurries of snow will move in across Wednesday, but generally high pressure means conditions remain stable, fine, dry and bright.

Temperatures will rise as the weekend concludes, as more unsettled weather moves in; it is still uncertain as to the end result of this as it sits outside most certain forecasts.

Spain & Andorra

Updated 14/01

Fine, dry and bright conditions dominate for the Pyrenees as high pressure remains camped out over most of Europe. Temperatures will remain mild-to-cool, with positive freezing temperatures dropping away overnight at mid-mountain level.

A pocket of unsettled conditions caused by some low pressure over the Mediterranean, bringing a flurry of snow to the region on Wednesday, but this will remain limited at best.

Links – Spain

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Eastern Europe

Updated 14/01

The week starts bitterly cold in many places, especially in the south and west, with flurries of snow, too, over the northwest of the region – around 5cm can be expected, along with daytime highs of -7°C at mid-mountain level.

Elsewhere, high pressure and mild temperatures dominate, ticking to the wrong side of freezing in the midday sun. Fine, dry and bright conditions are on the cards for most areas for the remainder of this week, forcing out the cloud, snow and cold from other corners to settle across the whole region.

Useful Links – Bulgaria

Useful Links – Other Eastern Europe

Scotland

Updated 14/01

Scotland’s run of good conditions comes to an end this week, as high pressure over most of Europe keeps colder and more unsettled low pressure at bay in the Atlantic. Mild conditions dominate across the highlands, although it will remain dry throughout this week in most places. Rain moves in across the West Coast as the weekend begins, and will remain in play for most of the weekend.

Scandinavia

Updated 14/01

Southern areas of the region will see fairly steady conditions and mild conditions, with a few belts of rain expected over the course of the next week. Temperatures will hold fast just the wrong side of freezing at mid-mountain level, but will drop back on occasion overnight.

Further north, things will be particularly unsettled, especially on the Atlantic coast which acts as the meeting point between high and low pressure throughout this period.

Temperatures will fluctuate throughout, starting relatively mild but dropping off overnight and over the weekend, too. Things will mostly stay dry inland, but along the coast fairly steady precipitation will fall – alternating between rain and snow as the temperatures wax and wane.

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Norway

Sweden

Finland

Japan

Updated 14/01

A near identical forecast to this time last week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday can just be summed up with “snow” across Japan – proper snorkel depth snow on Honshu, especially, with two feet (two feet) down at Hakuba over this period, and Hokkaido doing it’s best to keep up, too. Temperatures will remain cold, with -20°C windchill possible at Niseko.

Things do take a rare dry turn as the week concludes, with temperatures turning slightly milder (although remaining cool) and some (gasp) sun, too.

USA

Updated 14/01

Resorts on the West Coast start the week steady and mild, with plenty of sun and positive temperatures across the region as high pressure dominates. This turns cold across the PNW and Sierras as the weekend appears, plunging temperatures at mid-mountain level – things remain fine, dry and bright throughout the day, with occasional pockets of cloud along the way.

Further inland, the Rockies and Tetons are a touch more unsettled, with cloud cover coming and going across the region and temperatures fluctuating between -2 and -23°C over the course of this week. Things remain generally dry, however, with the odd flurry marking the snowstick here and there.

On the Ice Coast, a similar pattern is in play with unsettled conditions bringing plenty of cloud cover – but little snow – and temperatures reaching lows of between -1° and -14°C

Canada

Updated 14/01

A generally mild-to-cool start to the week for most places to the west of the Great Plains, with temperatures ranging from positive in the Coastal Ranges to -5°C at mid-mountain level in the BC interior and Rockies. Things change rapidly as the week progresses, with temperatures taking a long walk off a short pier: whilst the Coastal Ranges bottom out at -5°C, the Rockies will hit overnight lows of -23°C by the end of the weekend.

Very little snowfall can be expected across these areas for this period, with a few floccons coming down overnight Wednesday to Thursday in most places.

Over the St Lawrence, the week starts cold with daytime lows of -15°C in places. This will climb to just below freezing by the weekend, when more unsettled conditions – and snow – moves in, with 10cm expected down to open the weekend.