During Friday night snowfall is expected to set in from the northwest. On Saturday and on Sunday, snowfall is anticipated
over widespread areas, but in the furthermost southern regions it will remain dry. The snowfall level in the western regions
will ascend to 1800 m on Saturday morning, in the eastern regions to 1400 m. Subsequently the snowfall level will descend
down to low lying areas. North of an imaginary Rhone-Rhine line and in the Lower Valais, 40 to 70 cm of fresh snow is anticipated
by Sunday afternoon, even more in the furthermost western part of Lower Valais.
Avalanche danger levels are expected to increase over widespread areas as a result of the snowfall. On the northern flank
of the Alps and in the furthermost western part of Lower Valais, danger level 4 (High) could be reached regionally at high
altitudes. In central Ticino and in Sotto Ceneri, avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.