In the last 24 hours the mountains have fully returned to their winter appearance. Above 1,700 meters, between 20 and 50 centimeters of fresh snow have accumulated on average, with peaks of around half a meter measured this morning on the Fedaia, Valles, Rolle and San Pellegrino passes. Meteotrentino communicates this. The precipitation recorded in the last 24 hours was widespread and significant: on average between 20 and 50 millimeters of equivalent rain, with heavy snowfall at higher altitudes and smaller quantities lower down. During today’s morning snow, or snow mixed with rain, was observed locally even below 1,000 meters above sea level, such as in Tesero, where the Paralympics end today.
At Passo Fedaia, half a meter of snow was reached [
Servizio Gestione Strade PAT]
In some areas of the territory, especially in the areas affected by the so-called stau effect – a German term which indicates the intensification of precipitation when humid currents encounter a mountain barrier – the phenomena were particularly intense. The highest quantities were recorded in Passo Pian delle Fugazze with 130 millimeters of precipitation, while in Vallarsa they exceeded 100 millimetres.
The heavy snowfalls at high altitude, combined with the strong winds of the last few hours, have led to a sharp increase in the avalanche danger, which has reached level 3 (considerable) above the tree line. The updated bulletin is available at this link: .
In the next few hours, the flows at high altitude will tend to attenuate and the weather conditions are expected to gradually improve. However, the weather will remain unstable: local and light showers will still be possible until the afternoon.
For tomorrow, Monday, mostly sunny or cloudy skies are expected, with local mists or low clouds quickly dissolving in the morning. During the day, cumulus clouds may develop near the mountains, where some brief showers or thunderstorms cannot be ruled out.
From Tuesday to Friday, generally stable and sunny weather conditions will prevail – with Thursday possibly being the sunniest day – although at times isolated and brief showers or afternoon thunderstorms will still be possible in the mountains.
Temperatures will remain overall close to the average for the period, with minimum values decreasing and maximum values gradually increasing over the course of the week.
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