Europe Daily Snow
By Luke Stone, Forecaster Posted 25 days ago February 15, 2025
Not A Lot Going On
Summary
We’re entering a quiet stretch of weather across the Alps and Pyrenees, with no storms expected over the next ten days. There are some signs that a strong storm may impact the Alps and Pyrenees around the 27th.ial
Short Term Forecast
There's not a lot to talk about today as the latest storm has south of the Alps and is now brining some snow to the Appenines in Italy. A ridge will quickly develop over central Europe and take hold for much of the next week to ten days. The storm track will be pushed to the east of the Alps during this time, and as the first storm dropping down on the leeward side of the ridge passes by, we could see some light snow in the eastern Austrian Alps.
Let's take a quick look at what the ensembles are showing for the end of the month. All three ensembles models show a storm over southwest Europe around the 27th. This would initially bring snow to the Pyrenees and then the Alps is it moves further inland. These storms tend to feature some warm air since they're coming off the Atlantic Ocean.
Although the ensembles agree, the signal is not overly strong. This is the more likely scenario for that time frame but I am not ready to lock it in.
My next post will be on Sunday.
Thanks for reading the Europe Daily Snow!
Luke Stone
Forecaster, OpenSnow
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