Savoie: drizzle on Saturday, then dry, mild weather returns

This Saturday 10 October, the Albertville valley starts under a grey, damp sky, with an improvement from Sunday. In the mountains, snow stays confined to very high altitude.

Albertville: morning readings

According to the Savoie Snow station in Albertville (reading at 7:31), it is 10.9 °C with 94% humidity and no wind. The early-morning low is 10.8 °C and rain recorded since midnight is 0.2 mm. The October total is 62.4 mm.

Forecast for Albertville

According to the Open-Meteo model forecast published by Savoie Snow (see the page):

• Saturday 10: drizzle or light rain, 2.2 mm expected, 88% chance of precipitation, 10.7 to 18.1 °C;
• Sunday 11: dry and sunny, 9.6 to 16.6 °C;
• Monday 12: dry, 7.3 to 20.1 °C;
• Tuesday 13: dry, 9.2 to 21.2 °C;
• Wednesday 14: dry, 11.3 to 22 °C.

Wind stays light: 8 km/h at most on Saturday and Sunday.

The station has not yet reached the expected afternoon value (11.2 °C maximum at 7:31): the 18.1 °C figure is a model forecast, not a measurement.

In the mountains

According to Savoie Snow's reading (mountain weather), the 0 °C isotherm is around 2,712 m and the rain-snow limit between 2,300 and 2,500 m. This morning it is 4.0 °C at Val d'Isère (1,849 m), 5.3 °C at Les Saisies (1,641 m) and 1.8 °C at Val Thorens (2,333 m).

For snow, the forecast by massif (Open-Meteo model, read at 7:31) shows 0 cm at 1,500 and 2,000 m across all 12 massifs over 48 hours. A few centimetres are possible higher up:

• Mont-Blanc2 cmat 3,000 m · 1 cm at 2,500 m
• Vanoise3 cmat 3,000 m · 2 cm at 2,500 m
• Haute-Tarentaise3 cmat 3,000 m · 0 cm at 2,500 m
• Maurienne2 cmat 3,000 m · 1 cm at 2,500 m

These are model estimates, not measurements.

Weather warnings

Météo-France's page for Savoie could not be read reliably this morning (level and date not displayed). Check the Météo-France warning map (in French) before travelling.

Key points

• Drizzle or light rain on Saturday, then dry weather from Sunday to Wednesday in Albertville (forecast).
• Rising temperatures: up to 22 °C on Wednesday according to the model.
• No significant snow below 2,500 m over the next 48 hours.
• For avalanche risk and weather warnings, only Météo-France bulletins are authoritative.