The April Snow Reaches the Innermost Valley Floors of the Julian Alps, down to 700m a.s.l.; Rio del Lago River Valley, near Cave del Predil, Tarvisiano, FVG, Italia
13-April-2023 (7PM): on this day, in the central-eastern Julian Alps, the heavy snowfall brought about 1 meter (3.2ft) of fresh snow above 1300m a.s.l. of altitude, while downstream they were sporadic episodes and did not affect all the valleys even at the same altitude.
I was in the right one... For my tastes!
A humid and relatively cool spring is delaying flowering and leafing, especially in the internal Dinaric areas and in the Alps, so this April snowfall (which lasts from evening to morning in the valley...) whitens an environment not unlike the winter one.
The heavy rainfall and a previous rather cold period for the season allowed a final whitewashing of the valleys, while at high altitude all the snow NOT fallen in autumn and winter is accumulating.
In any case, it is quite normal that at high altitudes (from 2200-2500m upwards, therefore only on the major reliefs of the south-eastern Alps) the maximum annual instantaneous accumulations are reached at the end of May, the month in which the average freezing point (in conditions historically normal) is located around 1900m a.s.l., with abundant rainfall in progress to do the rest.
It is a situation which from being normal (up to 30 years ago) is now anomalous, as only 1 spring every 3-4, in the last 15 years, is wet, while once spring was the second precipitation peak after the autumn (in the Alps ).
It's a good placebo for keeping soil cool and moist and replenishing aquifers and lakes (somewhat).
The April Snow Reaches the Innermost Valley Floors of the Julian Alps, down to 700m a.s.l.; Rio del Lago River Valley, near Cave del Predil, Tarvisiano, FVG, Italia
13-April-2023 (7PM): on this day, in the central-eastern Julian Alps, the heavy snowfall brought about 1 meter (3.2ft) of fresh snow above 1300m a.s.l. of altitude, while downstream they were sporadic episodes and did not affect all the valleys even at the same altitude.
I was in the right one... For my tastes!
A humid and relatively cool spring is delaying flowering and leafing, especially in the internal Dinaric areas and in the Alps, so this April snowfall (which lasts from evening to morning in the valley...) whitens an environment not unlike the winter one.
The heavy rainfall and a previous rather cold period for the season allowed a final whitewashing of the valleys, while at high altitude all the snow NOT fallen in autumn and winter is accumulating.
In any case, it is quite normal that at high altitudes (from 2200-2500m upwards, therefore only on the major reliefs of the south-eastern Alps) the maximum annual instantaneous accumulations are reached at the end of May, the month in which the average freezing point (in conditions historically normal) is located around 1900m a.s.l., with abundant rainfall in progress to do the rest.
It is a situation which from being normal (up to 30 years ago) is now anomalous, as only 1 spring every 3-4, in the last 15 years, is wet, while once spring was the second precipitation peak after the autumn (in the Alps ).
It's a good placebo for keeping soil cool and moist and replenishing aquifers and lakes (somewhat).