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Weather Forecast for Rainbow at 1540 m
Issued: 6 am  13 Oct 2025 (local time)

New snow in Rainbow

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Tue 14th (NGT)
The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Heavy rain (total 35.0mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Tue morning, min -2°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Rainbow Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Heavy rain (total 35.0mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Tue morning, min -2°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Rainbow Weather (Days 4-6): Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Fri afternoon, min -1°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu night, fresh winds from the N by Sat night).


Rainbow Live Weather

ResortSnow DepthTemp. (°C)Wind (km/h)Weather
Top Lift: 
3
30
light rain
Bottom Lift: 
4
20
light rain
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 km/h
20
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
5
SW
10
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10
WNW
15
WSW
20
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20
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20
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30
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 cm 
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 mm 
8
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9
3
5
4
14
4
max°C
4
4
4
5
4
1
3
3
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4
6
1
8
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9
9
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3
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4
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0
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5
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7
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Humid% 
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90
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Sunrise
6:43
6:41
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6:33
Sunset
7:46
7:47
7:49
7:50
7:51
7:52
7:53

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Last snowfall: 7 Oct 2025
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Snow History

Week 2 of October has on average:
0.1
Bluebird Powder days
Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
0.7
Powder days
Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
0.1
Bluebird days
Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.