Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

The avalanche risk is low. In a few places, especially in locations above the tree line, snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as small slab avalanches in steep gullies and bowls. Avalanche prone locations and icy areas can be covered with a thin layer of fresh snow. Small, wet slides cannot be ruled out at altitudes below 1500 metres.

There is still significantly less snow than average. A thin, partly bound snowpack covers a very variable and mostly hard old snowpack. In shady gullies and bowls, the connection between the bound snowpack and the old snowpack is sometimes poor. In addition, angular shapes can weaken the snow base, fundament.

The night into Saturday and the first half of the day will be mostly cloudy, but it will remain largely free of precipitation. The weather will improve somewhat during the daytime changes, especially south of the main Alpine ridge, with a few sunny spells and the peaks becoming partly clear. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be between -1 and +2 degrees, at 1500 metres between +1 and +4 degrees. Moderate winds from south to north-west.

Especially on the southern side of the Alps, there will still be persistent patches of high fog below 2000 metres, from which precipitation may fall from time to time. No significant change in the avalanche risk.