Latent cooling of atmosphere as an indicator of lowered snow lineStrle, Danijela (Avtor) Ogrin, Matej (Avtor) geographysnow linelowered snow linemountain climatelocal climatesnow precipitationPlanica (Slovenia)Vrata (Slovenia)A lowered snow line in Alpine valleys as a local weather phenomenon often varies from onevalley to another. The relief morphology of the valleys and the intensity of precipitation play a crucial rolein the variation. In Slovenia certain valleys are more susceptible to this phenomenon than others, one suchexample being the Planica Valley. This paper examines the occurrence of a lowered snow line in the PlanicaValley and the Vrata Valley during the winter seasons of 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. Precipitation eventsaccompanying the occurrence of a lowered snow line were analyzed, and data on temperature and pre-cipitation were included in the analysis. Results showed a striking degree of congruence of the phenomenonin both valleys.20212024-11-12 09:29:26Neznano164777UDK: 911.2:551.578.4:551.524(234.323.6)ISSN pri članku: 1581-6613DOI: 10.3986/AGS.8573COBISS_ID: 72512515sl