Chamonix Weather Report - 12/03/10
| 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. |
