Kitzbühel Alps Wildschönau

Slight increase in danger of wet avalanches in the course of the day.

Slight increase in danger of wet avalanches in the course of the day.

As a consequence of warming during the day and the solar radiation, the likelihood of wet loose snow avalanches being released will increase a little. On extremely steep sunny slopes individual small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized natural wet avalanches are possible from the middle of the day. This applies in particular in the regions with a lot of snow.

Shady slopes: The snowpack is largely stable; its surface consists of loosely bonded snow. This applies in particular above approximately 2200 m. The somewhat older wind slabs have bonded well with the old snowpack. Sunny slopes: The snowpack will be in most cases well bonded. As a consequence of low temperatures and low relative humidity a crust will form on the surface during the course of the night. The solar radiation will give rise as the day progresses to increasing softening of the snowpack on steep sunny slopes. Below the tree line only a little snow is now lying.

The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night. The weather conditions will give rise to increasing softening of the snowpack. This also applies at intermediate and high altitudes. The wind will be moderate to strong in particular in the regions exposed to the foehn wind.