Nock Mountains

Isolated glide-snow avalanches. Minor snowdrift problem at high altitudes.

Isolated glide-snow avalanches. Minor snowdrift problem at high altitudes.

Avalanche danger is low. Glide-snow avalanches can release in all aspects and altitudes, reach medium size. Isolated snowdrifts above 2000 m are trigger-prone, lie deposited atop soft layers. Danger of falling outweighs that of snow masses.

The snowpack up to 2000 m is thoroughly or superficially wet. The snowpack cannot achieve much outgoing longwave nocturnal radiaition, it softens rapidly in the daytime hours. At high altitudes it is compact, with a wind crust mostly capable of bearing loads on the surface.

During nocturnal hours, intermittent rainfall will pass through, snow showers above 1700 m. At high altitudes, up to 5 cm of fresh snow expected by morning. Winds from SW/NW directions will be light to moderate. At 2000 m: 0 degrees; at 3000m: -3 degrees. On Thursday, frequent sunshine after residual clouds withdraw, and good visibililty. As of midday, heavy cloud cover will move in, isolated rain and snow showers in afternoon, snowfall level at 2100 m. The moderate winds will reach 30 km/hr, shift from SW to W to NW. At 2000 m: 1-6 degrees; at 3000 m: -6 to -3 degrees.

Due to warmth and rain penetration of the snowpack, wet-snow and gliding snow problems will intensify.