Villach Alps

Rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall

Rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall

Due to rainfall, increasingly frequent moist/wet-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on steep slopes in all aspects. Releases are relatively small and can be triggered in the old snow even by one sole skier. Such danger zones lie on very steep shady slopes and in transitions into gullies and bowls above 1900m and can reach medium size.

Heavy rainfall, and some snowfall, esp. at high altitudes. Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is nearly absent. The snowpack is moist. In the lowermost part of the snowpack there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident, esp. at high altitudes.

On Sunday, dense clouds will accumulate due to strong-velocity SW winds, gusts reaching 80 km/hr. In the Carnic Alps, heavy rainfall/snowfall in late morning. Elsewhere a few showers will pass through. In afternoon, precipitation will taper off in the southern regions. At 2000m: +1 degree. Source: GeoSphere

Beware wet snow