Türnitzer Alpen

Wet snow problems at lower altitudes. Occasional prone to triggering wind slab in the higher elevations!

With increasing moisture penetration, the snowpack loses stability at lower elevations and can also start to glide snow on steep grass and forest slopes. The connection between fresh snow packs and the old snowpack is sometimes insufficient. In shady high altitudes, the old snowpack with faceted crystals is unfavourably structured in places.

Wet snow problems at lower altitudes. Occasional prone to triggering wind slab in the higher elevations!

The avalanche risk is moderate (level 2). Spontaneous wet snow avalanches and smaller gliding avalanches can occur in steep slope zones, including forest slopes or on embankments. Due to persistent stormy north-westerly winds, isolated fresh drift snow packs are prone to triggering. Especially in the north-east to south-east sectors, slab avalanches can be triggered in a few places by individual winter sports enthusiasts.

In the second half of the night on Tuesday, heavy precipitation will set in in places on the northern side of the Alps with snowfall levels between 1000 and 1400 metres. On Tuesday, the mountain peaks of Lower Austria will initially be covered in thick clouds. It will snow heavily from the Ybbstal Alps to the Göller. A total of 10 - 15 cm of new fallen snow is possible. The precipitation will continue in the afternoon, but will be much weaker. In addition, strong north-westerly winds will blow at high altitudes. The temperature at 1000 metres will be around 0 degrees, at 2000 metres around -3 degrees.

With the influence of high pressure and a strong rise in temperatures on Wednesday, the wet snow problem will increase!