Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Heed fresh snowdrifts

Little change in the current avalanche danger levels

Heed fresh snowdrifts

In the eastern Fischbacher Alps, moderate avalanche danger prevails above the treeline. Steep slopes require caution, where new snow and wind impact permit new snowdrift accumulations to be generated. These patches can trigger a small slab avalanche.

Between Koralpe and Wechsel region the amounts of new snow are minor. On Sunday in the Fischbacher Alps and on the Gleinalpe a few centimetres will be added to this. Due to permanently strong-velocity winds, the plateaus are becoming windblown, on leeward slopes new drifts can be accumulated which then blanket the softer layers or surface hoar.

The Eastern Alps are caught in a classic northern barrier cloud situation: due to stormy NW winds moist-cold air masses have reached the northern flank of the Alps since Friday, focus on northern Styria. The snowfall will persist overnight, in the course of the day on Sunday they will slowly ease and move to the eastern rim of the Alps. The peaks are shrouded in fog, some sunshine peeks through, particularly in the Dachstein region. The stormy winds will not ease much, the snowfall level will ascend to 500 m. Around midday, temperatures will reach -7 degrees at 2000 m; -3 degrees at 1500 m.