In most places the fresh snow of recent days has bonded quite well with the now frozen old snowpack on which it was deposited. The westerly wind has given rise to fresh snow drift accumulations in the eastern part of the northern flank of the Alps and in Engadine. In the inneralpine regions of Grisons and to some extent of Valais as well, the bonding of the snowpack on north facing slopes remains weak, but hardly any avalanches have been released in deep layers for some time. Before last week’s snowfalls, unbroken snow cover existed on north facing slopes above approximately 1000 to 1400 m in the northern regions, and above approximately 1800 to 2200 m in the southern regions. The snow line on south facing slopes was mostly 300 to 500 m higher. In the south, exceptionally little snow is lying in the mountains for this time of year.

The north was very cloudy, and in the east a few snowflakes fell during the day. Valais was partly sunny, and the south mostly sunny.

Central and eastern parts of the northern flank of the Alps, also Prättigau: a few centimetres locally above approximately 1500 m

At midday at 2000 m: between 0 °C in the north and +3 °C in the south

From westerly directions

• In the east during the night, sometimes strong, otherwise mostly moderate.

• In the west and south, mostly light.

After a mostly clear night, the morning will be partly sunny. From the middle of the day, the cloud cover will increase from the west. The south will be fairly sunny with high-altitude cloudbanks.

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At midday at 2000 m: about +1 °C

Light, occasionally moderate at elevated altitudes, from the southwest