Lower Tauern South

Wet snow remains the main danger

In the night to Wednesday, clouds will initially predominate up to medium altitudes and it will only become partly soft after midnight. During the day, however, the sun will quickly prevail. Cold north/northeasterly winds will pick up and reach gusts of around 40 km/h. At 2000 m -5 to -1 degrees, at 3000 m -11 to -8 degrees.

After a clear night, daytime changes in wet avalanche activity on Thursday.

Wet snow remains the main danger

The avalanche risk is moderate. Spontaneous wet snow avalanches are possible where there is still a lot of snow, i.e. mainly on shady slopes at high altitudes and partly on eastern and western slopes. Avalanches can occur spontaneously with strong incoming radiation or be triggered by winter sports and reach medium size. In unfavourable terrain, avalanches can also penetrate into the green.

Reduced outgoing longwave radiation at night prevents the formation of a stable melt-freeze crust. The snowpack consists of compact snow characterised by rain, but on shady slopes from around 2400 metres there are still weak layers of deep frost in the old snowpack close to the ground. The snowpack is moist to wet up to high altitudes. Low altitudes and sunny slopes at medium altitudes are mostly covered in snow.