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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Mount Elbrus at 5642 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Extremely cold (max -18°C on Mon afternoon, min -28°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the SW on Fri night, strong winds from the WSW by Mon morning). | Days 5-7 weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Mon night. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Tue night, min -20°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Mon night, moderate winds from the NW by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||
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light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | clear | clear | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | |
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max °C | -20 | -27 | -25 | -23 | -25 | -22 | -19 | -19 | -18 | -18 | -19 | -16 | -15 | -17 | -17 | -18 |
min °C | -28 | -28 | -25 | -24 | -26 | -23 | -21 | -19 | -18 | -20 | -20 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -19 |
-46 | -46 | -42 | -42 | -44 | -40 | -37 | -34 | -32 | -37 | -36 | -32 | -31 | -31 | -31 | -33 | |
79 | 97 | 75 | 73 | 97 | 52 | 65 | 82 | 69 | 95 | 48 | 38 | 67 | 98 | 86 | 83 | |
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 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:45 | — |
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Latest snow reports near Mount Elbrus:
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Shower heavy rain shower reported from Mestia Queen Tamar Airport at 1456 metres elevation only 2 kms ENE of Hatsvali - Mestia but it is forecast cold enough for snow at higher elevations in the ski area from Hatsvali - Mestia
Mount Elbrus Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 18 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 28 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Russia are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
3.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
2.7 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Elbrus at the specific elevation of 5642 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Elbrus. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Russia.
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Visitor Reviews of Mount Elbrus
Overall 3.4 Based on 13 votes and 2 reviews
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- Isaac Martinez velasco from Bolivia writes:
me concidero el primer Boliviano en conquistar la cima del continete europeo el monte elbrus con el clima en condiciones extremas, bonita montaña, las personas muy amables y cordiales siceramete me gusto
Visitor Reviews of Mount Elbrus
Isaac Martinez velasco from Bolivia writes:
me concidero el primer Boliviano en conquistar la cima del continete europeo el monte elbrus con el clima en condiciones extremas, bonita montaña, las personas muy amables y cordiales siceramete me gusto
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