Lechtal Alps East

Increase in danger of wet avalanches.

Increase in danger of wet avalanches.

From the early morning as the penetration by moisture increases there will be an increase in the danger of wet avalanches. Wet avalanches can in some places be released by a single winter sport participant. The avalanche prone locations are to be found especially on very steep west, north and east facing slopes below approximately 2800 m. Avalanches can release the saturated snowpack and reach medium size. Individual gliding avalanches can also occur, caution is to be exercised in particular on very steep grassy slopes in the regions with a lot of snow.

The surface of the snowpack will only just freeze and will already soften in the late morning. Some rain will fall from the afternoon in some localities, especially in the north. The weather effects facilitated a substantial strengthening of the snow drift accumulations.

During the night the weather will be clear at times, especially in the north. The surface of the snowpack will soften during the day. In the regions where the outgoing longwave radiation during the night is reduced the danger will increase more quickly.