Loose Wet
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Possible
- Größe
- 1–2
Clear skies overnight allowed the snowpack to radiate enough heat out into the night sky for some of yesterday's wet snow to refreeze despite temperatures remaining above freezing. In tree-covered areas, the snow may not have refrozen. Today's strong sun and warm weather will quickly melt through the thin refreeze. With more warming expected today than on previous days, more wet snow will form. Deep unsupportable wet snow could exist in several places once the refreeze melts. When the wet snow gets more than a few inches deep, avalanches of wet loose snow will be possible.
Conditions will change quickly today. Frozen supportable surfaces could become unsupportable areas of deep wet snow faster than you expect. Keep track of how much wet snow exists as you travel, once the snow starts to feel wet or unsupportable, it's time to head for lower angle slopes that are not below avalanche terrain.