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Questions and answers

Meteorological services

How frequently are the predictions updated?
What do the weather icons mean?
How many cm. of snow is 1 mm. of water/precipitation?
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How frequently are the predictions updated?

The forecasts will be updated continuously throughout the day.Following you can see the latest updates:

Latest forecast update : Thursday 21 Apr 16:00

Latest update of precipitation maps and radar : Thursday 21 Apr 16:00

Latest update of temperature maps and cloud cover : Thursday 21 Apr 16:00

Latest update of costal maps : Thursday 21 Apr 16:00

In Summer : 1st of May to 30th of September

First update around 07:00 (last around 20:00)

At least one update between 12:00 and 15:00, depending on the weather 3 updates can be made between 11:00 and 19:00

Nightly update around 21:00

In Winter:

If the weather during the night is good, the update will be around midnight

If necessary, there may be 1 or more updates between 21:00 and 07:00

Monitoring the weather 24 hours a day to compare its development with respect to predictions, and make updates in case of unexpected variations, such as snowstorms during the night

What do the weather icons mean?

Diurnal:
= Cloudless
= Mostly clear
= Partly cloudy
= Partly cloudy, light rain
= Partly cloudy, light sleet
= Partly cloudy, light snow
= Partly cloudy, showers
= Partly cloudy, sleet showers
= Partly cloudy, snow showers
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Cloudy
= Cloudy, light rain
= Cloudy, light sleet
= Cloudy, light snow
= Cloudy, showers
= Cloudy, sleet showers
= Cloudy, snow showers
= Cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast
= Overcast, light rain
= Overcast, light sleet
= Overcast, light snow
= Overcast, showers
= Overcast, sleet showers
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, rain
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, snow
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Cloudless night
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, snow
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, showers
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, snow
= Mostly clear
= Mostly clear
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
=

Nocturnal:
= Cloudless night
= Mostly clear night
= Partly cloudy night
= Partly cloudy night, light rain
= Partly cloudy night, light sleet
= Partly cloudy night, light snow
= Partly cloudy night, showers
= Partly cloudy night, sleet showers
= Partly cloudy night, snow showers
= Partly cloudy night, thunderstorms rain
= Cloudy night
= Cloudy night, light rain
= Cloudy night, light sleet
= Cloudy night, light snow
= Cloudy night, showers
= Cloudy night, sleet showers
= Cloudy night, snow showers
= Cloudy night, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast
= Overcast, light rain
= Overcast, light sleet
= Overcast, light snow
= Overcast, showers
= Overcast, sleet showers
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, rain
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, snow
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
= Cloudless night
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, snow showers
= Overcast, snow
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Overcast, sleet
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, showers
= Partly cloudy, thunderstorms rain
= Partly cloudy night, thunderstorms rain
= Overcast, snow
= Mostly clear night
= Mostly clear night
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast
= Overcast, thunderstorms rain
=

How many cm. of snow is 1 mm. of water/percipitation

1 mm. of water is equivalent to approximately 1 cm. of snow. The amount of snow depends on the density, temperature and humidity of the snow.

If it snows in temperatures below 5-10 degrees below zero 1 mm. of water can turn into up to 2 cm. of snow, while wet and heavy snow near freezing gives a thinner layer of snow.

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