Bregenzerwald Mountains

Wet-snow and gliding snow are the main dangers.

Wet-snow and gliding snow are the main dangers.

Avalanche danger above 1600m is moderate. On steep slopes in all aspects which have not yet discharged, wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally and, in high-altitude starting zones, can reach medium size. Fresh snowdrift accumulations are mostly small, but need to be assessed with caution on steep shady slopes. In addition, isolated avalanches can be triggered by large additional loading on extremely steep shady slopes. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate caution.

Outgoing longwave radiation during the night from Wednesday to Thursday will be very poor due to moist-warm air masses and some rainfall. Due to strong-velocity S/SE winds, small snowdrift accumlations will be generated which will be deposited stop soft layers, particularly on shady slopes in high-alpine zones, and be prone to triggering. On south-facing slopes there is hardly any snow on the ground up to high altitudes. Also on shady slopes the ground is becoming bare of snow up to intermediate altitudes.

Foehn winds will taper off on Thursday, the air will become moister, clouds and fog will increase. Precipitation can be increasingly expected, the snowfall level will descend only gradually to 2000m. At 2000m: +5 degrees during the daytime. Initially strong S/SE winds, later on tapering off.

Due to temperatures dropping and winds slackening off, avalanche danger will recede.