Lower Tauern Central

Freshly generated snowdrifts require attentiveness

Freshly generated snowdrifts require attentiveness

Avalanche danger levels are moderate. Avalanches can be triggered even by minimum additional loading in some places above 2000m, particularly near ridgelines, in gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the terrain on W/N/E facing slopes. Avalanches will mostly be small sized, occasionally medium-sized. Circumvent zones below glide cracks. Due to solar radiation, mostly small-sized loose-snow avalanches can be expected on extremely steep sunny slopes.

The fresh snow has been transported far-reachingly. Exposed ridges and crests are windblown, gullies and bowls are filled to the brim even at the forest rims. The snowdrifts often lie atop loose snow on extended north-facing slopes. The entire snowpack can glide over steep rock plates or grassy slopes.

Nocturnal skies will be star-studded, mostly without high fog. Winds will be light everywhere. At 2000m: between 3 and 5 degrees; at 3000m: between -2 and 0 degrees. On Friday, radiantly sunny weather will continue, local high-fogbanks in the valleys will soon disperse. Winds light to moderate. At high altitudes, very mild. At 2000m: +5 degreese; at 3000m: -1 degree. Skies on Friday night will again be cloudless and have only light winds.

The proneness to triggering of snowdrift accumulations will diminish only gradually.