After heavy snowfall earlier in the week, the forecast for Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of women’s Alpine skiing for the [Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics](https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics), calls for a chance of rain, a severe ice warning and daytime temperatures well above freezing followed by an overnight chill in the 20s.
And that could be a big problem says Jonathan Belles, a meteorologist at [The Weather Company](https://www.weathercompany.com/) and a self-described Olympic geek, because any snow that melts in the day, then freezes again at night, is no longer snow. It’s ice or slush.
And since no one wants to ski on ice or slush, artificial snow will be used. That’s an even bigger problem.
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**From LA Times:**
After heavy snowfall earlier in the week, the forecast for Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of women’s Alpine skiing for the [Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics](https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics), calls for a chance of rain, a severe ice warning and daytime temperatures well above freezing followed by an overnight chill in the 20s.
And that could be a big problem says Jonathan Belles, a meteorologist at [The Weather Company](https://www.weathercompany.com/) and a self-described Olympic geek, because any snow that melts in the day, then freezes again at night, is no longer snow. It’s ice or slush.
And since no one wants to ski on ice or slush, artificial snow will be used. That’s an even bigger problem.
Read more: [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/climate-change-threatening-future-winter-110000132.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/climate-change-threatening-future-winter-110000132.html)