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Snowfall of 31 December 2008.

After some cold days, about -1°C to -5°C during several days, an oceanic disturbance enters above Western Europa. An anticyclone on the East of Europe seems to slow down an occluded front which winds above Swiss on 31st December 2008, and bringing important snowfall, about 20cm between 6 h and 18 h.
Of habits this type of snowfall does not last and often give temperature warming. But it is not the case. the temperature stays at 0°C all the day, from the lake until 1000m of altitude. At night which follows, it is re-freezing with about -2°C down to -6°C (and until -12°C by thermal reversal) in the early hours of 4st January. In fact hot air on ground will not happen, because the anticylone regains the upper hand, bringing continental cold air. Snowfalls seem due to hot and humid air in altitude crossing the Swisstzerland on December 31st. The weather chart analysis is the following:

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The photos of 1st January 2009.

It is in the morning of 1st january2009 that I take these photos:

Photo Sunrise in Rochefort	Photo Rocherfort (750m)	Photo	Photo Rocherfort, Les Grattes (800m).
Photo The Val de Ruz	Photo Montmollin	Photo	Photo
Photo	Photo The Val de Ruz.	Photo	Photo
Photo Neuchatel lake seen from Montezillon (800m)	Photo	Photo	Photo The sun begin to warm up the tree, and the snow fall down, expecially because there is 3cm on the branchs.
Photo Bole (600m)	Photo	Photo	Photo
Photo The CFF line between Bole and Boudry .	Photo Some small patch of mist hang on the slopes!	Photo The Coop in Boudry.	Photo Areuse river in Boudry.
Photo	Photo Then this is Neuchatel !	Photo	Photo
Photo Photo take since Neuchatel Castel	Photo	Photo	Photo Arrival in Neuchatel center.
Photo Les quais de Neuchâtel	Photo	Photo	Photo
Photo Haven of Neuchâtel.	Photo	Photo Jura moutain seen since haven car parc.	Photo
Photo	Photo	Photo It is finish!

Created : 02 january 2009
Last update : 02 january 2009.

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