Nock Mountains

Heed snowdrift accumulations

Heed snowdrift accumulations

MODERATE avalanche danger prevails above 2000 m. Fresh and older snowdrift accumulations can in places be triggered even by one sole winter sports enthusiast. Danger zones increase with ascending altitude, avalanches can in isolated cases attain medium size where snowfall has been heaviest. Snowdrift accmulations occur on N/SE facing slopes, particularly in ridgeline zones, in gullies and in bowls

Small snowdrift masses on N/E facing slopes lie atop a loosely-packed old snow cover. In isolated cases they lie deposited atop a loose old snowpack surface. The snowpack is highly irregular, due to wind impact.

Monday: Overnight there has been 20 cm of fresh snowfall registered which tapered off in early morning. Nockberge and Tauern are shrouded in clouds from the south. At high altitudes the southerly winds will intensify during the daytime. At 2000 m: -6 degrees, at 3000 m, -10 degrees. Tuesday: On Tuesday, southerly winds will intensify at high altitudes, reach storm strength in the afternoon. Tauern and Nockberge will be mostly shrouded, a bit of snowfall is possible. At 2000 m: -8 degrees; at 3000 m: -13 degrees.

Little change is expected.