Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Beware small snowdrift patches

Beware small snowdrift patches

Avalanche danger is predominantly low. Fresh snowpack patches are sometimes prone to triggering, especially dangerous since they force one to take a fall. On steep grassy slopes where the snowpack is deep enough, isolated glide-snow avalanches are possible.

The snowpack is melt-freeze encrusted up to high altitudes or moist - and therefore, well settled. The minor amounts of fresh snow lies deposited atop the encrusted snowpack as thin snowdrift patches, bonding is poor.

On Saturday in the Northern Alps, gray skies, heavy cloud cover, many peaks veiled in fog, occasional light snowfall, soon tapering off. In the afternoon, bright, sunny intervals will become more frequent. In the rimline ranges, brilliant sunshine after the fog has dispersed. The NW winds will slacken off but still be brisk in exposed terrain. At 2000 m: -7 degrees at midday, temperatures rising in the evening.

High-pressure front effects on Sunday will create mostly sunny weather, mild temperatures at all altitudes. The snowdrift problem will recede, the wet-snow problem will be at the forefront in regions where fresh snow is ample.