Short snow Tuesday; stronger frontal system brings wider precipitation Thursday in Andorra
A brief spell of snow is expected Tuesday afternoon and night, mainly above 1,300–1,500 m, with sunnier weather Wednesday.
Key Points
- Brief snow Tuesday: starts above ~1,500 m in afternoon, lowering to ~1,300 m by night; clears Wednesday.
- Frontal system Thursday: cloud increases overnight, northern precipitation early, then countrywide rain/snow in the evening; north hardest hit.
- Snow level Thursday: ~1,500 m morning → ~1,300 m afternoon → ~1,200 m overnight, making mid‑elevation snow possible.
- Friday: residual drizzle and overcast skies; late warm front may raise snow level from ~1,200 m to ~2,000 m by night. Temps: Andorra la Vella ~6°C/0°C; Pas de la Casa ~−6°C/−9°C.
Andorra’s National Meteorological Service is forecasting a short spell of snow on Tuesday afternoon and night. Snow is expected to start above about 1,500 m in the afternoon and to lower to around 1,300 m by night. The agency says the instability should not last more than 24 hours and conditions are expected to clear, with sunnier weather on Wednesday.
A more marked change arrives later in the week with a frontal system. Cloudiness will increase overnight into Thursday and weak precipitation is likely in the north from early morning through mid‑afternoon. After a midday pause, precipitation should pick up again in the evening and spread across the country, with the heaviest totals remaining in the northern parishes.
The snow level on Thursday is forecast to be near 1,500 m in the morning, dropping to about 1,300 m in the afternoon and down to roughly 1,200 m overnight, making snow possible at mid elevations.
Into Friday, a north‑westerly flow behind the front may leave some residual drizzle in the early hours and skies are expected to remain largely overcast. A weakened warm front arriving late Friday night could produce a few scattered showers in the north; the snow level would start near 1,200 m but is then forecast to rise toward about 2,000 m by night, reducing the likelihood of snow.
Forecast temperatures: highs around 6 °C in Andorra la Vella and about −6 °C at Pas de la Casa, with lows near 0 °C in the capital and around −9 °C at Pas de la Casa.
Original Sources
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