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Cold records are falling ACROSS the European continent as the forecast polar blast delivers debilitating snow totals a full month before normal.
Heavy early-season powder is piling-up on the higher elevations of Europe — the worst hit nations include Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Across the Alps, though particularly to the east, a full meter (3.3ft) of snow was suffered on Saturday, Sept 26–and it’s still coming down as of Sunday morning.
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The Swiss meteorological agency said Saturday that the town of Montana, located in the southern state of Valais, experienced a staggering 25 cm (10 inches) of snow — a new record for this time of year in books dating back almost 100 years.
In parts of Austria, powder was falling at altitudes of just 550 meters (1,805 feet) above sea level — again, a new record for the month of September.
Looking at the latest GFS runs (shown below), heavy snow will persist over the Alps through Sunday and Monday. And then, after a brief reprieve, the snowfall will return with a vengeance next weekend:
Also note the forecast accumulations across Scandinavian and the UK.
The first heavy snow of the season also fell in the Czech Republic, around the village of Kvilda in the Šumava mountain range.
As confirmed by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, and reported by praguemorning.cz, snowfall was also observed at Bučina, Březník, Luzný and Klínovec in the Ore Mountains:
Rare September snow buries Czech mountains.
Even southern Germany received some exceptionally rare September snow:
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