Front brings cold snow at Christmas?

so Far, the Winter in Switzerland was so warm and dry that you could believe it last weekend, barely, as the meadows and roads, even in the flat land in a snowy landscape transformed.

However, the winter greeting not seems to be permanent. According to the weather service, Meteonews ideal winter sports weather on Tuesday in height with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures, while the flat land is usually tough fog and the temperatures do not reach more than 1 to 2 degrees.

sets, But at the latest from mid-week on a southwest flow, the changing, at times windy and increasingly mild weather . "The snow level rises partially to well over 1000 meters," the meteorologist Cédric Sütterlin. The Friday will be 8 to 10 degree is mild, and the weekend is in custody with loosening, and occasionally a little rain, the freezing level rises, in particular, on Sunday at around 2500 meters.

24. December should be green

Who has hoped on a snowy Christmas eve, will now be disappointed: On 24. December should remain on long stretches of dry, possibly with some precipitation and similar temperatures as on the weekend. However, at the 25. December, so on Christmas day, might come, according to the Sütterlin the turn. The reason is a cold front. However, the snowfall should decrease limit is expected to remain below 800 to 1000 meters. On St Stephen's day but a front with a chance of showers of snow behind the cold flakes are excluded, even at low altitudes.

So: a White Christmas would be almost impossible – but only almost. And even if it remains during the festival days to actually dry, there is still hope for snowy Christmas holidays.

(Taken over by 20 minutes, edited, of the daily Gazette.ch/Newsnet.)

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Created: 17.12.2018, 14:47 PM