Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Likely
- Größe
- 1–3
Fresh wind slabs will become very touchy with solar radiation.
Lawinenlagebericht
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Apr 5 – 6, 2016Avalanche Canada
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Lawinengefahr
Thu
Fri
Hochgebirge
3 · Erheblich
Waldgrenze
2 · Mässig
Unterhalb
1 · Gering
Kernpunkte
Sunny skies will cause fresh winds slabs to become more reactive. Failing cornices could trigger large avalanches running to valley bottoms. Watch out for overhead hazard.
Lawinenprobleme
Cornices
NNEESESSWWNW- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Possible - Likely
- Größe
- 3–6
This time of year the strength of cornices deteriorates rapidly with solar radiation.
Loose Wet
NNEESESSWWNW- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Likely
- Größe
- 1–3
Changes can be rapid, sometimes significant change is possible in a matter of minutes, certainly within an hour or two.
Confidence
High
Weather Forecast
Wednesday: Partly sunny skies. Moderate to strong westerly winds in the morning that diminish in the afternoon. Freezing level around 2200m. Thursday: Sunny skies, light winds, and freezing levels skyrocketing to 3500m. Friday: Sunny skies, light winds and freezing levels remaining around 3500m.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were reported in this region on Monday.
Snowpack Summary
Large cornices overhang alpine slopes and may trigger large, destructive avalanches running to valley bottom. Up to 20cm of recent storm snow with moderate northwesterly winds will have created fresh wind slabs on lee aspects in the alpine and open treeline. The late February surface hoar/ crust interface down 80 to 130 cm. is currently dormant, however, a rapid warm up could awaken this sleeping dragon. At low elevations, the snowpack is isothermal.