New snow is being deposited atop a dry old-snowpack surface in high alpine regions in particular, thereby blanketing the fresh snow which fell on Thursday in the western and the southern regions. In particular during the course of the daytime at high altitudes, snowdrift accumulations, which to some extent are prone to triggering, will be generated.
As a result of cloud cover and precipitation, the moist snowpack surface below approximately 2400 m is hardly able to re-gain firmness during the nocturnal hours.
The snow cover is throughly wet below approximately 3000 m on south-facing slopes, below approximately 2800 m on east-facing and west-facing slopes. On north-facing slopes the process of snowpack moistening between 2200 and 2400 m is continuing apace. On steep north-facing slopes above approximately 2800 m, there is still loosely-packed snow evident in places.

Skies were heavily overcast for the most part. Precipitation was registered on the northern flank of the Alps more than anywhere else, in the Lower Valais and in the central sector of the southern flank of the Alps the snowfall level lay at 2000 m.

Above approximately 2400 m:

• furthermost western part of Lower Valais and Bedretto valley: 15 to 30 cm;
  
• remaining parts of Lower Valais, northern Upper Valais as well as remaining parts of northern Ticino and Main Alpine Ridge from Rheinwald into the Bernina region: 5 to 15 cm;
• in other regions of Switzerland, less; or else, it remained dry.
  

At midday at 2000 m, at +2 °C.

Winds were blowing at light to moderate strength from southerly directions.

Following the termination of the period of precipitation on Thursday night, skies in the northern regions are predominantly overcast, accompanied by bright intervals in the inneralpine and eastern regions. Already during the morning hours, precipitation sets in anew from the west. In the southern regions skies are heavily overcast and repeated bouts of precipitation are predicted.

The snowfall level in the northern regions lies between 1800 and 2200 m; in the southern regions between 2000 and 2400 m. Between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon:

• furthermost western part of Lower Valais and Main Alpine Ridge from Lukmanier Pass to Bernina Pass: 15 to 30 cm;
• in the other regions of Switzerland, mostly 5 to 15 cm.

At midday at 2000 m, between +3 °C in the western and the southern regions and +5 °C in the eastern regions.

Winds will be blowing from southwesterly directions. At high altitudes:

• at light to moderate strength during the nighttime hours;
• at moderate to strong velocity during the daytime hours.