Geneva.- The unusually low temperatures that have been recorded in some Central European countries in recent weeks have caused snowfall in areas of the Swiss Alps, even below the 2,000-meter level, indicated Radio Television Suiza (RTS) today.
The last precipitations in the form of snow below that level have occurred on the night of Sunday to Monday, and have even forced the closure of a mountain pass in Nufenen (2,478 meters), which connects the alpine cantons of Valais and Ticino in the south of the country, reported the Swiss national channel.
The national meteorological service also shared images on social networks today of another port between cantons, that of Oberalp (which connects Grisons with Uri), also covered in snow at altitudes of less than 2,000 meters.
Although the situation contrasts with the heat waves experienced in southern Europe, especially on the Mediterranean coast, Swiss meteorologists say that these “low-altitude” summer snowfalls occur in the alpine country every two or three years.
They also indicate that in the coming days temperatures will rise to more common values on these dates, which will cause the snow that has fallen at low altitudes to disappear quickly, remaining only above 3,500 meters.
