Savoie: dry and mild until Friday, rain on Sunday

On Wednesday 14 October, Savoie is enjoying dry, sunny weather, but the trend changes at the end of the week: the model forecasts rain on Sunday 18 October, with a sharp drop in temperatures.

What the Albertville station is measuring

According to the Savoie Snow station in Albertville (measurement), it was 10.9 °C at around 7:30 am, with 87% humidity, no wind and a high pressure of 1,031.5 hPa. The minimum since midnight is 10.6 °C. No rain has fallen today; the October total stands at 63.4 mm.

Forecast for Albertville

According to the Open-Meteo model forecast published by Savoie Snow, the temperature should reach 21.7 °C this afternoon (minimum 10.7 °C), with no precipitation. The gap with the 7:30 am reading is simply because the day has just begun and the maximum is only expected in the afternoon.

• Wednesday 1421.7 °Cminimum 10.7 °C · 0 mm
• Thursday 1522.9 °Cminimum 10.7 °C · 0 mm
• Friday 1622.5 °Cminimum 10.8 °C · 0 mm
• Saturday 1719.9 °Cminimum 10.3 °C · 0.2 mm
• Sunday 1811.6 °Cminimum 10.4 °C · 16.8 mm

The change on Sunday

On Saturday 17, cloud returns (90% chance of precipitation but only 0.2 mm in total). On Sunday 18, the model calculates about 16.8 mm of rain in Albertville and a maximum of only 11.6 °C, more than 10 °C lower than on Friday. This is a forecast several days ahead and may still change.

In the mountains

According to the Savoie Snow snow forecast by massif, read this morning at 7:04 am, no snowfall is expected at 2,000 m in any of the 12 massifs (Chablais, Aravis, Mont-Blanc, Bauges, Beaufortain, Haute-Tarentaise, Vanoise, Maurienne, Haute-Maurienne, Chartreuse, Belledonne, Grandes-Rousses) up to Friday 16 October. The 0 °C isotherm and rain-snow limit data were not available this morning.

Weather warnings

The Météo-France warning bulletin (vigilance) could not be read with its date this morning: please check it directly before heading to the mountains.

Key points

• Wednesday to Friday: dry and mild, 22 °C expected in the afternoon in Albertville.
• Sunday 18: rain (about 16.8 mm) and cooler air, according to the model.
• No snow forecast at 2,000 m up to Friday.
• See the live measurements and the snow by massif.