Savoie weather: grey morning, mild weekend and no snow below 2,500 m

This Friday, 9 October, the weather is calm and mild around Albertville, with a grey, damp morning giving way to a brighter afternoon. Snow remains out of reach: the models forecast practically no accumulation below 2,500 m in the Northern Alps over the coming days.

Albertville: misty morning, milder afternoon

At 7:30, the Savoie Snow station in Albertville (measurements) reads 10°C, with 95% humidity and no wind. Since midnight, temperatures have barely moved, between 9.9 and 10.6°C. Rain so far today is 0.2 mm, bringing the October total to 62.2 mm according to the same station.

According to the Open-Meteo model forecast published by Savoie Snow, the day should reach 16.3°C with a low of 10.1°C, staying dry with light wind (11 km/h at most). The gap with this morning's reading is normal: the station has not yet seen the daytime warm-up.

• Friday 916°Clow 10°C, 0 mm
• Saturday 1019°Clow 9°C, 0.3 mm, 68% chance of rain
• Sunday 1117°Clow 10°C, 0 mm
• Monday 1219°Clow 8°C, 0 mm

Saturday 10 is the only slightly unsettled day: the model gives a 68% probability of precipitation, but only 0.3 mm expected, a few drops. Sunday and the start of the week return to dry weather, with highs of around 17 to 19°C. These are model forecasts, not measurements, and may change.

In the mountains: 0°C isotherm around 2,365 m

According to Savoie Snow's mountain data (mountain weather), the 0°C isotherm sits at around 2,365 m. The rain-snow limit is estimated between 1,950 and 2,150 m. This morning several resorts are in fog or under cloud: 3°C at Les Saisies (1,641 m), 1.7°C at Val-d'Isère (1,849 m) and -0.3°C at Val Thorens (2,333 m), from model values.

On snow, the model forecasts almost nothing: across the 12 massifs, the forecast by massif page, read on 9 October at 7:00, shows 0 cm at 1,500 m and 2,000 m. The few totals appear at high altitude, at 3,000 m: about 5 cm in the Mont-Blanc massif (range 1 to 6 cm) and 3 cm in Vanoise (1 to 4 cm), over 48 hours.

• Mont-Blanc5 cmat 3,000 m, 1 cm at 2,500 m
• Vanoise3 cmat 3,000 m, 0 cm at 2,500 m
• Aravis1 cmat 2,500 m
• Beaufortain1 cmat 2,500 m

Key points

• No snow expected below 2,500 m this weekend, according to the Open-Meteo model.
• A few drops possible in Albertville on Saturday; Sunday and Monday look mostly dry.
• Today's weather warning (vigilance) bulletin could not be read reliably: check vigilance.meteofrance.fr (in French) before heading to the mountains.
• For avalanche risk and road status, only the official bulletins are authoritative (roads in Savoie).