Newsletter

Published on 3 July 2025

Newsletter 2025-11

Spezielle Ansichten, Schneehydrologie und Hochwasserwarnung

Newsletter 2024-09

Improved forecasting model. Adjusted flood hazard levels and probability maps for heavy rain and wind.

Newsletter 2024-02

New: Persistence tables for comparingflood models. Remote Briefing: Expert assessment during severe weather events

Newsletter 2023-05

Receive push messages as email. New GIN login for iOS app. New hydrological warning regions

Newsletter 2022-12

Push-Notification for avalanches and obsevations. The GIN-App belongs to the «Best of Swiss Apps 2022».

Chart with multiple lines showing the water flow of the Aare at Brienzwiler from May 18 to 21, with marked initialization times and the current time.

Newsletter 2022-06

Meteo remote briefing, new runoff prediction (nowcasting) and survey

Colored map of Switzerland with contour lines and a color scale indicating snow depth from 2000 to 3000 meters.

Newsletter 2022-01

New snow maps und lake waterlevel forecasts. Excursus on probabilities - and how they can be used.

Open laptop displaying a website with a pop-up window featuring an illustration of connected devices.

Newsletter 2021-08

To set up the push notifications function (video tutorial); What can the new feature do; SMS service to cease operating

Person wearing an outdoor jacket sitting at a wooden table outdoors with an open laptop, surrounded by forest and mountains.

Newsletter 2021-06

First look at the push function; using API to embed GIN information on your website or app; new heat warning concept; air pressure information available; satellite images in colour; survey: your opinion on the snow forecast

Newsletter 2021-01 (de)

New snow forecasts; additional assessment text for 24-hour forecasts; new predictions for freezing level and snow level; side note: what is a predefined dossier?

Four smartphones display sequentially a search bar with the URL 'gin.admin.ch', a weather map, an 'Add to Home screen' option, and a mountain landscape home screen with the 'GIN X' icon.

Newsletter 2020-11

How to set up GINX on your smartphone or tablet; new snow forecasts; more precise snowmelt data

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