CHAMONIX VALLEY AND MONT-BLANC AREA WEATHER FORECAST
Matsuo Bashō
Winter sun
frozen on horseback
is my shadow
ISSUED AT 08:59 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 05 2012
VALID FROM : SUNDAY FEBRUARY 05 -- UNTIL : FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2012
GENERAL SYNOPSIS
Isobaric col 1022-1028 hpa over France between the russian high and a 1042 hpa cell west of Portugal. Extended flat low over Central Mediterranean, deepening overnight and on Monday. Fairly strong northeasterly stream north of the Alps, less over the massifs, linked to a very cold polar air mass moving southwards and reaching the Mediterranean. Persistent bitter cold condition likely until Tuesday, then gradually back to seasonal average within about ten days.
TODAY - SUNDAY FEBRUARY 05 2012
SKY CONDITION : clear or partly cloudy. Period of sunshine close to 90%.
PRECIPITATION : none.
WIND - ground level : variable light.
WIND - mid mountain : ENE light.
WIND - high mountain : NNE strong -> moderate to strong.
TEMPERATURE : low -21°C - high -10°C - temperature inversion toward 1700 m.
ISOTHERM 0°C : -- m.
ISOTHERM -10°C : 1500 -> 2600 m.
OVERNIGHT
SKY CONDITION : clear.
PRECIPITATION : none.
WIND - aloft : NNE moderate to strong -> moderate.
TEMPERATURE : low -22°C - temperature inversion toward 1800 m.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 06
SKY CONDITION : clear. Period of sunshine close to 100%.
PRECIPITATION : none.
WIND - aloft : NNE moderate -> NE moderate to strong.
TEMPERATURE : low -13 °C - high -13°C.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 07
SKY CONDITION : partly cloudy or cloudy at times from the northeast. Period of sunshine close to 75%.
PRECIPITATION : none.
WIND - aloft : NE -> E light to moderate.
TEMPERATURE : dropping highs.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK UNTIL FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2012
Wednesday to Friday : sunny - getting gradually milder. Outlook is uncertain.
Forecast reliability : fairly good until Sunday - poor thereafter.
