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Beware of fresh wind slab!

Beware of fresh wind slab!

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line. Fresh snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as small to medium-sized avalanches by individual winter sports enthusiasts in all aspects. The avalanche prone locations are mainly in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges.

Fresh snowdrift accumulations were often deposited on a sufficiently stable old snowpack above the tree line. Weak layers can be found in the bound layer or in the transition to the persistent weak layer, in some places still in the old snow at higher altitudes.

In the coming night, the sky over the Randgebirge and the Niedere Tauern will be slightly cloudy. On Monday, there will be a few hours of sunshine between two cloud banks, especially in the Randgebirge in the morning. Otherwise, the sky will be mostly cloudy or overcast, but visibility will initially be good on the south side of the Alps. The clouds will thicken in the afternoon, but it will mostly remain free of precipitation. The temperature at an altitude of 2000 metres will be between -8 and -4 degrees. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres will be between -4 and 1 degree. Strong to stormy winds with gusts between 50 and 80 km/h from the north-west.

The wind slab problem remains. With a north-westerly current, dense clouds will continue to accumulate along the northern side of the Alps, and there may be heavy snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday, especially between the Schladminger Tauern and the Totes Gebirge. It will only snow a little to the east, but not at all in the south with clear clouds and strong winds.