Heavy snowfall across Austrian, Italian and French Alps (and it's still summertime!)

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:48 UTC

© Passo Gavia / Severe Weather Europe

Winter conditions at Passo Gavia (2621 m), northern Italy, September 8th, 2019

Heavy snowfall has been reported on glaciers in the Alps. The snow is expected to keep falling through the weekend with some areas forecast to get up to 60cm (two feet) of snow up high by Monday.

This morning the Stubai glacier in the Austrian Tirol (pictured), one of those likely to open for its 9-10 month 2019-20 season later this month, said it had had 10cm (4 inches) of fresh snow so far.

Heavy #snowfall at Passo Dei Salati, Italy at 2970m elevation this morning 6th September! Winter is coming... Report via Meteo reporter storm; #severeweather #extremeweather #Europe pic.twitter.com/8UEg3lpa5B

— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) September 6, 2019

The snowfall is expected to intensify over the weekend and come down to lower elevations meaning many ski areas should see white coverings to their mountain tops, and sometimes down to resort level, as low as 1500 metres.

Stubai, Austria on September 6

Who is ready for winter? Snowfall at mt. Marmolada, Dolomites, Italy this morning, Sept 3rd. Video by Carlo Budel /Vivere La Montagna pic.twitter.com/eSxNr2IMmN

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) September 3, 2019

Comment: Parts of Switzerland see early heavy snowfall - up to half a metre