Labor Day on “yellow bad weather alert” in the province of Cuneo

In its bulletin today (Tuesday 30 April) Arpa Piemonte reports that an area of ​​low pressure from the British Isles extends to the western Mediterranean, causing a gradual worsening already during this afternoon in Piedmont, with rains and showers that will intensify in the night; Moderate and heavy rainfall is expected from tomorrow morning, locally very heavy in the western and northern areas, including thunderstorms. The snow level is expected at 1800-2000 m.

The bad weather will also continue on Thursday with moderate rainfall in the first part of the day but generally easing in the afternoon, when light showers may occur. On the mountain front, the gradual rise in temperatures is leading to the humidification of the snowpack up to high altitudes. The precipitation expected in the next few days will bring significant accumulations of new snow in the high mountains, especially in the western and northern sectors, while the mid-mountain belt could be subject to intense rain-on-snow events, where still present.

Tomorrow, grade 4-Strong will be reached at altitude in Val Pellice, Val Germanasca and on the border between the Northern Cottian Alps and the Pennine Alps. On the western and northern pre-Alpine sectors, characterized by more reduced and discontinuous snowfall, the level of danger will reach 3-Considerable. Elsewhere the degree of danger will be 3-Marked at altitude and 2-Moderate at low and medium mountain altitudes. The conditions require caution because, due to the strong humidification of the snowpack, natural avalanches could travel a long way, even reaching areas without snow.

In light of this, the Arpa Piemonte Functional Center has issued a yellow alert for avalanche risk across the entire western foothills area (zones C and D) and Val Sesia (B) for tomorrow. Yellow alert again tomorrow (Wednesday 1st May) also due to hydrogeological risk linked to the persistence and intensity of rainfall, in zones B,C,D,E and on the Piedmont plains (zones I,L,M) as per the map below .