Wölz Tauern South

Storm winds, fresh snowdrift accumulations

Storm winds, fresh snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger above 1900 m is moderate, danger is low below that altitude. New danger zones are expected in NE-SE aspects. Storm winds are transporting the at high altitudes, depositing it distant from ridgelines, behind abrupt discontinuities in the terrain. Fresh drifts are brittle and easily triggered even be minimum additional loading.

With the mass of cold air the snowpack surface is stabilizing, a melt-freeze crust is forming. Storm winds are transporting snow, depositing it atop this crust. Weak layers exist inside the snowpack; also the bonding to the fresh snowdrifts with the old snowpack is insufficient. The old snowpack is generally stable. Ground level layers are moist-to-wet.

In early morning, gale-strength winds will be blowing (gusts up to 140 km/hr), slackening off somewhat during the day, but persisting at storm strength. Winds are W/NW. Intermittent snowfall in the morning on the northern flank of the Alps. Icy cold. On the southern flank of the Alps, mostly sunny and dry. At 2000 m: -10 degrees, subjectively it feels much colder.

On Sunday, sunny at the start, but clouds will swiftly move in from the west. From Schladminger Tauern into Ennstaler Alpen, light precipitation will set in during the afternoon. Temperatures will rise, the snowfall level ascend to nearly 1200 m. Winds will be brisk from the northwest. No significant change is expected.