Money for Nothing? Or maybe “Down to the Waterline” is more appropriate.
I read today they plan to reopen the San Bernardino Pass highway by mid-July, I hope this is correct I much prefer that route versus the Gotthard.
In Central Switzerland, we were plagued by sharp winds and threat of downpours yesterday, but the day remained dry. Tonight I ended up getting soaked on my longish bike ride. You just can’t win.
By the way, this weather has been brutal to my hair. The perpetual humidity is making it more frizzy than usual.
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OMG yes! My hair’s not good with loads of product so it’s been a French plait or bun for the entire summer so far.
I gave up and slathered mine with argan smoothing creme and let it dry by itself…perfect soft ringlets. Angel hair.
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My hair luvs the weather, nothing but proper ringlets. Only part of me who enoys the weather except maybe my eyes when looking into my garden with trees and bushes growing lush. That is if there is enough daylight to see it properly 
Still, as frustrating this non-summer is I guess I shouldn’t complain, we seem to be kind of protected here, neither storm nor water ever leaves any dammage so far.
Usually we start Rhine swimming in mid May but so far not one foot wet.
18C is below my comfort level and the river current is very strong due to so much rain.
There are warnings in place against swimming in the Rhone (including lac lemain) due to the water depth and strong flow. And because in the Valais a number of water treatment plants have been either destroyed or put out of service resulting in raw sewage being dumped into the Rhone.
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Here we go again! Make sure everything’s battened down or put safely indoors and stay safe out there!
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It was quite something, the roads were like rivers in Neuchâtel.
Crashing thunderstorms from the Rätikon every night…garden loves it!
And once more warnings out for the western part of the country.
A couple of weeks ago, @slammer was lucky to get to the Bielerhöhe up the Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse. Unfortunately, last week/weekend, a massive landslide closed the strasse for the rest of the summer. Some of the tight bends are under 14 meters of rock. Disaster for the hoteliers up there…
Oh wow! Did not know that, you can get up to Bielerhöhe from Galtür though I read.
What’s happening with the weather in Switzerland this summer? As of writing this it’s raining again.
Rain from Italy and CH now. According to Bergfex, stable fall weather is coming on Thursday…cold at night, nice temps during the day, and lots of sun. My hazelnut tree says it will be an early autumn–the nuts are plump and just need to turn brown, and they’ll be ready to harvest. That’s if I can beat the oachkatzl to them.
I used to rely heavily on MeteoSuisse, a couple of years ago it was very accurate, but over the last year it has gone the other way in my opinion.
On Saturday the wife and I talked about biking on Sunday… Meteosuisse informed us it would be dry in the morning and rain in the afternoon. 8:30am saw us sitting in a cafe in our cycling gear while it proceeded to pour from the heavens outside. Luckily we abandoned our plans and decided to do it in the afternoon, where it was hot and sunny the whole time.
Of course this can happen but it seems to me that MS got a lot worse.
I had a similar problem some years ago, now I always check the rain radar before jumping on my bike
stable fall weather??? As in autumn? 
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I like meteoblue for comprehensive weather maps with isobars. To be fair, it must be tricky to predict weather when there are mountains around–it can pour in one village and not the next. We’ve been having Scottish weather, with blazing sun, thunder and lightening, pouring rain. I killed 50 slugs this morning.
The rain radar can be a bit dodgy too, though. It’s fairly accurate for an hour or two ahead but much more than that is a bit hit and miss.