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Praz de Lys Sommand, located at an altitude of 1450 m, with peaks reaching 1950 m, in the Northern French Alps, benefits from specific alpine weather conditions. This page brings together the 9-day weather forecast for Praz de Lys Sommand: four days in detail from Météo-France (minimum and maximum temperatures, expected snowfall, 0°C isotherm), then an outlook through day 9, along with the ski area snow depth. The Northern French Alps avalanche bulletin is also available below. Forecasts are calibrated to the resort's actual altitude; the first four days come from Météo-France models (AROME/ARPEGE), the outlook from a longer-range, less precise model.

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Resort altitude: 1450m (summit 1950m) Forecast from: 14 November
Today
☀️
-3° / 7°C
-
0°C isotherm: 2400–2650m
💨 4 km/h
gusts 10 km/h
Tomorrow
❄️
1° / 6°C
10mm
🏔️ +2cm at summit
Snow line: 1,800 m
0°C isotherm: 2050–2450m
💨 14 km/h
gusts 44 km/h
Mon
❄️
2° / 5°C
+7cm
Snow line: 1,500 m
🏔️ +16cm at summit
0°C isotherm: 1750–2450m
💨 16 km/h
gusts 50 km/h
Tue
☁️
5° / 9°C
16mm
🏔️ +1cm at summit
Snow line: 1,900 m
0°C isotherm: 2250–3100m
💨 21 km/h
gusts 70 km/h
Longer-range outlook
Wed 18
🌦️
0° / 4°C
≈ 23 mm
🏔️ 1-5 cm at summit
Thu 19
❄️
-2° / 2°C
5-10 cm
🏔️ 10-20 cm at summit
Fri 20
❄️
-4° / 0°C
10-20 cm
Sat 21
☀️
-5° / 3°C
-
Sun 22
🌦️
-4° / 3°C
≈ 11 mm

Forecasts from Météo-France (AROME/ARPEGE models) for the first 4 days, calibrated to the exact resort altitude. The 0°C isotherm is given as a range (min/max over the day) to honestly reflect its variation throughout the day.

Longer-range outlook (ECMWF European model): indicative only, less reliable at this range, and not included in the snowfall total.

Data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), Météo-France AROME/ARPEGE models and ECMWF European model.

Hourly temperature & 0°C isotherm

9-day snowfall forecast

Cumulative forecast: 7 cm at the resort base (1,450 m) and 19 cm at the summit (1,950 m) over the next 4 days (Météo-France forecast). Tomorrow and Tuesday, rain on most of the ski area; snow only above about 1,900 m, right at the top. For the following days, the outlook is given as a range and is not included in this total.

Today
+2 cm
at summit
Tomorrow
+7 cm
at base
+16 cm
at summit
18 cm
Mon
7 cm
+1 cm
at summit
19 cm
Tue
5-day outlook
base 20-30 cm · summit 20-30 cm
Base (1,450 m) Summit (1,950 m) Running total (light colour, figure in the bar) Outlook (not in total)

Snow line over the coming days in Praz de Lys Sommand

  • Tomorrow, 1am to 11am: snow line around 1,800 m (1,600 m to 1,900 m during the spell), rain at the base, snow higher up.
  • Monday, 7am to 10pm: snow line around 1,500 m (1,500 m to 1,950 m during the spell), rain at the base, snow higher up.
  • Tuesday, 6pm to 7pm: snow line around 1,900 m, rain at the base, snow higher up.

Snow line: the altitude above which precipitation falls as snow. It is computed hour by hour, during precipitation, from Météo-France temperature and humidity at altitude: it is the altitude where the wet-bulb temperature rises above 1.3°C (the same definition as the German weather service's snowfall line). Météo-France days only, not the longer-range outlook.

Snow depth & slope openings

Snow depth & slope openings

Updated: 01/12 14:03
Snow depth
Base: -
Summit: -
Slope openings
0 / 52 (0% open)

Avalanche bulletin — Chablais massif

Valid until: 14 November 2026 18:00

Massif snow conditions

Altitude North-facing South-facing
1000 m 0 cm 0 cm
1500 m 0 cm 0 cm
2000 m 0 cm 0 cm

Snow quality

Enneigement très faible. Fine couche de neige à partir de 2200 m. Sous-couche présente au-dessus de 2600 m. Qualité de la neige samedi :Vers 2200/2400 m : 1/7 cm de neige humideVers 2500/2700 m : 10/15 cm de neige fraicheAu-dessus de 2800 m, 20/30 cm de neige fraiche ventée. Formation d'accumulations par la Bise.
1/5
Risk level

Indice de risque faible.

Stability: Petites instabilités sur les plus hauts sommets

Déclenchements provoqués :Au-dessus de 2600/2800 m, rares plaques friables dans la neige fraiche, en tout en versant. Encore assez facile à déclencher. Elles sont plus nombreuses dans les pentes sensibles à la Bise. Taille 1 (petite) et plus rarement 2 (moyenne). Observables : fissures sous les skis, accumulations de neige récentes, vaguelettes.Départs spontanés :Peu probables, hormis de rares petites coulées en adret. Taille 1 (petite)

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