Fresh Snowfall In the Alps
Ski areas in the Alps are celebrating the first significant fresh snowfall of September, with accumulations of up to 20cm (8") reported.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 16 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri night, min 10°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Fri afternoon). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 105.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon night, min 13°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Sat night, strong winds from the NW by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
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light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | some clouds | |
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mm | 4 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 55 | 6 | 1 | — |
max °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
min °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
chill °C | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
Humid % | 100 | 99 | 99 | 95 | 93 | 92 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 94 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 85 |
Freeze m | 4350 | 4250 | 4100 | 3950 | 4050 | 4200 | 4250 | 4300 | 4250 | 4450 | 4550 | 4550 | 4600 | 4850 | 5050 | 5000 | 4950 | 5000 |
 | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — |
 | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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