Savoie: dry spell, up to 23 °C Thursday, no snow

On Monday 12 October, the weather is dry and settled across Savoie and Haute-Savoie. After morning mist in the valley floors, sunshine dominates and temperatures climb noticeably over the coming days. No snow is expected at the ski resorts through Wednesday.

Albertville: cool this morning, mild this afternoon

According to the Savoie Snow station in Albertville (7:30 reading), it is 7.8 °C, with 93% humidity, almost no wind and no rain since midnight. The day's minimum is 7.7 °C. The maximum recorded so far, 11.1 °C, dates from the early hours and says nothing about the afternoon. October rainfall stands at 63.4 mm.

The Open-Meteo model forecast published by Savoie Snow shows a sunny, dry day with a high of 18.4 °C. Wind stays light (8 km/h at most).

The week in Albertville (model forecast)

• Tuesday 1320.1 °Clow 7.4 °C, clear sky
• Wednesday 1422.1 °Clow 10.1 °C, clear sky
• Thursday 1523.7 °Clow 10.9 °C, mildest day
• Friday 1622.1 °Clow 10.3 °C, a few clouds
• Saturday 1717.8 °Cpossible fog, 28% chance of precipitation
• Sunday 1815.7 °Cpossible drizzle

The model forecasts no rainfall over these seven days. The weekend deterioration remains to be confirmed: a model five or six days out is not very reliable.

In the mountains: no snow, high freezing level

According to the Open-Meteo forecast published by Savoie Snow, the 0 °C isotherm is around 2,609 m and the rain-snow limit between 2,200 and 2,400 m. This morning, modelled readings give -0.6 °C at Val Thorens (2,333 m), 0.7 °C at Tignes le Lac (2,090 m) and 1.4 °C at Val d'Isère (1,849 m). All 18 resorts tracked show 0 cm of snow forecast over three days.

Across the 12 massifs (Chablais, Aravis, Mont-Blanc, Bauges, Beaufortain, Haute-Tarentaise, Vanoise, Maurienne, Haute-Maurienne, Chartreuse, Belledonne, Grandes-Rousses), the forecast-by-massif page shows 0 cm of fresh snow over 48 h from 1,500 to 3,000 m. These are model estimates, not measurements. See snow forecast by massif and mountain weather.

Key points

• Dry, sunny weather from Monday to Friday, with up to 23.7 °C on Thursday in Albertville (forecast).
• No snow forecast at resorts over three days; rain-snow limit around 2,300 m.
• Greyer weather is possible on Saturday and Sunday.
• The Météo-France warning bulletin (vigilance) could not be read at the time of writing: check vigilance.meteofrance.fr (in French) before heading out. See also the live measurements.