Matthew-Northern Italy Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The last month has been very "atlantic-wise", with mild temperatures and a lot of precipitations in northern Italy. Obviously few snow in lowland, while above 3,300ft there's plenty of white stuff right now ... Some actual pics from the italian Alps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Sweet pics as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny rider Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Madonna di Campiglio, 1 hour from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wonderful photos, Matthew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wow, are they above ave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 stupendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 And here we go ... new pics from some italian forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matthew-Northern Italy Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 lol When the snow is just below the rim, it's easier to dunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Rolle Pass, in the eastern part of the region at 6,500ft loooooooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailMan06 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Rolle Pass, in the eastern part of the region at 6,500ft loooooooool Well that's a bit of a problem to get out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Great pics Matthew! I'm guessing that even though this region generally receives quite a bit of snow, this much is rare, right? The 500 mb height pattern certainly supports it. That trough over the UK should promote anomalous cyclonic vorticity advection over central Europe. Coupled with the ridge over SE Europe, the overall pattern should be assocaited with enhanced baroclinicity and a stronger southwesterly jet, which should fuel some deeper cyclones. Not to mention that ridge over Sweeden / Finland which should provide some blocking to slow storms down. Just a classic setup for heavy snow for elevations that are high enough to capitalize on that warm/moist southwesterly Atlantic flow. PWs have also been anomalously high, so I'm guessing there has been plenty of moisture to work with for each passing storm... and probably some good orographic snowfalls in there too. Z500 anomalies: TPW anomalies: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matthew-Northern Italy Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Great pics Matthew! I'm guessing that even though this region generally receives quite a bit of snow, this much is rare, right? Yup, from mid december till now we have had a continuous "train" of atlantic lows, that is not so normal. January brought here nearly 300 mm of precipitation, when the average is about 55 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The roofs there seem very flat for an area that gets a large amount of snow. Are they built especially strong to withstand all of that weight? It seems like a tremendous amount of stress would be put on them all right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Italian homes are generally "stronger" than U.S. ones, as construction. Anyway the situation is starting to be quite dangerous ... tomorrow more snow ... on friday again ... on sunday/monday again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matthew-Northern Italy Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Webcam from 4,900ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 .... Love all the pictures. Incredible. This one is my favorite. Very cool looking with all the lights shining on the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ginx snewx Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Fantastic pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 wow, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 And here we go ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bowtie` Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 And here we go ... Where was that and what language was that? At least it was a nice day and easy to see that coming. Had it been a snowy, misty or foggy day with visibility 1/4 a mile or less that would be scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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