Lawinenlagebericht

Slightly rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall. Caution: weak layers in old snow.

Slightly rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall. Caution: weak layers in old snow.

Due to rainfall, increasingly frequent moist/wet-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on steep slopes in all aspects below 2000m. Releases are relatively small and can be triggered in the old snow even by one sole skier. Such danger zones lie on very steep shady slopes and in transitions into gullies and bowls above 2000m on steep N/W/E facing slopes and in gullies and bowls and can reach medium size. In addition, small snowdrifts accumulations require attentiveness, esp. at high altitudes.

Heavy rainfall, and some snowfall (up to 20cm), esp. at high altitudes. Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is nearly absent. The snowpack is moist. In the lowermost part of the snowpack there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident, esp. at high altitudes. In the middle part of the snowpack on N/W/E facing slopes there are facted weak layers, esp. above 2000m. Due to fresh snowfall and moderate-to-strong velocity southerly winds, small snowdrift accumulations will be generated esp. in ridgeline terrain.

On Sunday, dense clouds will accumulate due to strong-velocity SW winds, gusts reaching 80 km/hr. In the Carnic Alps, heavy rainfall/snowfall in late morning. Elsewhere a few showers will pass through. In afternoon, precipitation will taper off in the southern regions. At 2000m: +1 degree. Source: GeoSphere

Beware wet snow and weak old snow