Chamonix Weather
Detailed Chamonix forecast provided by the Chamonix Tourist Office
CHAMONIX VALLEY AND MONT-BLANC AREA WEATHER FORECAST |
| ISSUED AT 08:31 FRIDAY MARCH 12 2010Copyright © 2009, chamonix-meteo.com |
| VALID FROM : FRIDAY MARCH 12 -- UNTIL : WEDNESDAY MARCH 17 2010 |
| GENERAL SYNOPSIS |
| High, 1032 hpa west of Ireland, drifting slowly south while strengthening. Low gradient area with medium to fairly low pressure over the Mediterranean. stable and cold northerly stream over the Alps today. Altitude cold drop crossing over France from the north by Saturday, triggering some more instability. Stable and still cold condition on Sunday. |
| TODAY - FRIDAY MARCH 12 2010 |
| Fairly sunny - cold |
| SKY CONDITIONS (cloud - sunshine) : low cloud early in the morning - becoming clear or partly cloudy - period of sunshine close to 70%. |
| PRECIPITATION : none. |
| WIND | - | ground level : variable light. |
| - | mid mountain : NE light -> N moderate. | |
| - | high mountain : NNE -> NNW moderate. |
| TEMPERATURE : min -6°C - max +3°C. |
| ISOTHERM 0°C : | 1100 m. |
| ISOTHERM -10°C : | 2900 m. |
| OVERNIGHT |
| Clear and very cold |
| SKY CONDITIONS (cloud) : clear or partly cloudy. |
| PRECIPITATION : none. |
| WIND | - | aloft : NE -> N light to moderate. |
| TEMPERATURE : -10°C - inversion towards 1600 m. |
| TOMORROW - SATURDAY MARCH 13 |
| Fairly sunny - very cold in the morning |
| SKY CONDITIONS (cloud - sunshine) : partly cloudy - high cloud crossing over - period of sunshine close to 70%. |
| PRECIPITATION : none. |
| WIND | - | aloft : N light -> NE moderate. |
| TEMPERATURE : | min -10°C - max +4°C - morning inversion towards 1600 m. |
| SUNDAY MARCH 14 |
| Fairly sunny - becoming cloudy from the north later in the afternoon - cold |
| SKY CONDITIONS (cloud - sunshine) : clear or partly cloudy - becoming cloudy from the north towards the end of the afternoon - period of sunshine close to 80%. |
| PRECIPITATION : none. |
| WIND | - | aloft : NW moderate. |
| TEMPERATURE : | slightly rising lows. |
| EXTENDED OUTLOOK UNTIL WEDNESDAY MARCH 17 2010 |
| Monday : mainly coudy - possible snowflurries. Tuesday and Wednesday : sunny - getting milder. |
| Forecast reliability : fairly good until Sunday - poor thereafter. |
| Reports | ||
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Chamonix-ville 45.9 N 6.9 E - Altitude 1042 m 12 March 07:00 Temperature -6 °C Relative humidity 95 % Wind 0 km/h Pressure 1019 hpa - rising Pressure at 1042 m 894 mb Precipitation last 6h 0.0 mm Clear high up Skies cloudy Visibility 5000 m |
Aiguille du Midi Altitude 3845 m 12 March 07:00 Temperature -17 °C Wind SE 10 km/h Relative humidity % |
Le Lac Blanc Altitude 2330 m 12 March 07:00 Snow depth 155 cm Wind 5 km/h Gusts -- km/h Temperature -10 °C Relative humidity -- % |
| c h a m o n i x - m e t e o . c o m Chamonix Valley and Mont-Blanc area weather information service |
