ran. During the night on Saturday, the snow line fell to 1200 meters in some places. According to SRF Meteo, it was particularly white on the Prodalp at around 1500 meters in the Flumserberg region. According to this, the first snow at this time in September is normal.
However, SRF Meteo pointed out that the ground is still warm and the snow will not stay below 2000 meters for long.
Because of the snow, five road passes had to be made though already be blocked: The Flüela, Furka, Grimsel, Nufenen and Susten passes are closed. Three more are covered with snow.
❄️Some fell up to 1200 m above sea level. wet #Snowflakes. Since the upper soil layer at 1700 m above sea level is still about 7 degrees warm, the #Snow only above 2000 m above sea level. stay longer. On the Säntis (2500 m above sea level) there have been 8 cm so far. ^je#Winterfall#SRF weather channel pic.twitter.com/4Ii21maE27
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) September 17, 2022