Fresh snow and strong winds from the west to northwest are giving rise to extensive snow drift accumulations in the regions exposed to heavier precipitation. Large amounts of the fresh snow are being transported in the other regions as well. On west, north and east facing slopes sheltered from the wind, the large quantities of fresh snow are lying on an unfavourable faceted old snow surface.
In the Jura, on the northern flank of the Alps and in western Lower Valais, sometimes thick rain crusts dating from the final week of the old year exist deeper in the snowpack up to high altitudes. In these regions the thick crusts are stabilising the base of the snowpack, so that avalanches are unlikely to release the deep layers.
From southern Valais through northern Ticino to Grisons, in contrast, in many cases the entire snowpack is faceted and interspersed only with thin melt-freeze crusts. In these regions in particular, avalanches can release the entire snowpack.

In the morning, snow began to fall over a wide area, even down to low altitudes. It remained fairly sunny only in the far south.

In the period to Monday afternoon:

• Glarus Alps to Alpstein, northern Grisons: 10 to 20 cm
• Jura, other regions north of a line between the Rhone and Rhine, central Grisons: 5 to 10 cm
• Elsewhere: a few centimetres, remaining dry in the far south
  

At midday at 2000 m: between -7 °C in the north and 0 °C in the south, falling further in the afternoon

Mostly strong, occasionally storm force, from the west to northwest

On Monday night, heavy snow will fall in the north and Grisons. Snow will fall in the other regions as well; only the far south will remain dry. The snowfall will ease temporarily during the day, before becoming heavier again towards the evening. The snowfall level will be at low altitudes.

From Monday evening until Tuesday evening:

• Northern Alpine ridge from the Finsteraarhorn into the Urn Alps: 50 to 70 cm
• Other regions on the northern Alpine ridge from Wildstrubel to Liechtenstein, rest of the Gotthard region, northern Grisons and Lower Engadine north of the Inn: 30 to 50 cm
  
• Rest of the northern flank of the Alps, main Alpine ridge in Lower Valais, remaining parts of both central Grisons and Engadine: 15 to 30 cm
• Elsewhere: up to 15 cm over a wide area, but only a little snow, or none at all, in central and southern Ticino
  

At midday at 2000 m: between -10 °C in the north and -4 °C in the south

• At 2000 m in the north, strong from the west
• At elevated altitudes and generally in the south, strong to storm force from the northwest to north