{"id":391247,"date":"2025-07-28T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391247"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:32:04","slug":"july-snow-forecast-in-alps-shocks-europeansup-to-30-cm-as-global-temps-plummet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391247","title":{"rendered":"July Snow Forecast In Alps Shocks Europeans\u2026Up To 30 cm As Global Temps Plummet!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"366\" data-attachment-id=\"391255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=391255\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?fit=1866%2C945&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1866,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot 2025-07-28 173043\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?fit=723%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=723%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A weather forecast map showing temperature anomalies across Europe, with blue areas indicating cooler temperatures and red areas indicating warmer temperatures.\" class=\"wp-image-391255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=1024%2C519&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=768%2C389&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=1536%2C778&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?resize=1200%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?w=1866&amp;ssl=1 1866w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/2025\/07\/27\/forecast-of-july-snow-in-the-alps-shocks-europeans-up-to-30-cm\/\">NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/author\/admin\/\">P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s what the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charts.ecmwf.int\/products\/extended-anomaly-2t\/overview\/valid_time?base_time=202507260000&amp;projection=opencharts_central_europe&amp;valid_time=202508040000\">ECMWF is forecasting<\/a>\u00a0for Europe the next 7 days:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"298\" data-attachment-id=\"391251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=391251\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?fit=395%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"395,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?fit=395%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?resize=395%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Weather forecast map for Europe showing temperatures dropping to -6\u00b0C from July 28 to August 4, 2025, with blue indicating colder temperatures.\" class=\"wp-image-391251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?w=395&amp;ssl=1 395w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-734.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source: ECMWF via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wobleibtdieglobaleerwaermung.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/04\/siebenschlaefer-mit-schaukelsommer-in-mitteleuropa\/\">Snowfan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the usual suspects were putting out horror scenarios of a summer of heat and drought across Europe in 2025. The most extreme model runs, with temperatures soaring to 45\u00b0C, were presented as serious forecasts and as being worrying evidence of runaway climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But now the opposite has occurred and the fear-mongers are now either quiet or simply distorting the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially in Central Europe, like across Germany, the weather has turned cool and rainy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daswetter.com\/nachrichten\/vorhersage\/30-cm-neuschnee-im-juli-meteorologe-spricht-von-wetter-ausnahmezustand-sommer-kollabiert-ab-montag.html\">Das Wetter.com here<\/a>\u00a0recently has since warned of 30 cm of snowfall in the Alps \u2013 in July:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who thought the last few weeks had been cool and changeable should dress warmly. Because from Monday, temperatures across Germany will continue to plummet. This is due to a wave of cold Arctic air rushing in from the far north. Highs of under 20 degrees will then be the reality in many places \u2013 in July!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Heavy snow in the Alps in July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his article, meteorologist Johannes Habermehl then adds that the snow line in the Alps will be dropping \u201cto just 2500 meters \u2013 in some places even lower\u201d, with some forecasting \u201cup to 30 centimetres of fresh snow\u201d at higher altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s during peak summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Global temps plummet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global temperatures have also been plummeting since the start of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"304\" data-attachment-id=\"391253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=391253\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?fit=1323%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1323,557\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?fit=723%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?resize=723%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graph showing temperature anomalies for NCEP GFS vs CFAR from January to August 2025, highlighting a significant drop in temperatures starting early August.\" class=\"wp-image-391253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?resize=1024%2C431&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?resize=768%2C323&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?resize=1200%2C505&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-735.png?w=1323&amp;ssl=1 1323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Image: via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wobleibtdieglobaleerwaermung.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/04\/siebenschlaefer-mit-schaukelsommer-in-mitteleuropa\/\">Snowfan<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to NCEP data, the global mean temperature has dropped roughly 0.7\u00b0C! But the media have been completely silent about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the usual suspects were putting out horror scenarios of a summer of heat and drought across Europe in 2025. The most extreme model runs, with temperatures soaring to 45\u00b0C, were presented as serious forecasts and as being worrying evidence of runaway climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":391255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"Discover the shocking July weather forecast for Europe: temperatures drop drastically and snowfall in the Alps turns summer upside down!","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Unusual July Snowfall Forecast for the Alps: 30 cm Expected","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691825001,691818865,691818056,691832920,691818051,691824867],"class_list":{"0":"post-391247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-central-europe","10":"tag-climate-change","11":"tag-cold-arctic-air","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-snowfall-decline","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-28-173043.png?fit=1866%2C945&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DMr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":270394,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270394","url_meta":{"origin":391247,"position":0},"title":"Germans Will Need To Turn On Heat As Cold, Wet Weather Sets To Grip Country In Early August","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"30\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWeather situation from mid to late October\u201d\u2026cold and rains drown heat alarmism across Europe. 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