Wind Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely - Possible
- Tamaño
- 1–2
Steady moderate winds may be creating wind slabs in the alpine, Be aware of the presence of wind slabs in your travels.
Freezing levels to above mountain top, minimal to no overnight crust recovery, The snowpack is undergoing a big spring change. A good time to give the snowpack time to adjust and fully transition to spring conditions. Cold temperatures are due back Wednesday.
Steady moderate winds may be creating wind slabs in the alpine, Be aware of the presence of wind slabs in your travels.
This will be much more likely with intense solar input, with the high freezing levels, they may remain active even when the sun is not directly involved.
No notable avalanches observed or reported, good evidence of ongoing wet loose on steep solar aspects with daytime warming and direct solar input.
The snowpack is going through big change with intense solar and freezing levels to mountain top. Moist snow can be found everywhere during the daytime high temps. Highest North aspects may hold the best chance of dry snow. Wind effect is pretty wide spread on polar aspects.
Sunday night, freezing levels will stay at 2600m
Monday:
Cloudy with sunny periods, No precip expected with alpine temperatures reaching +5.
West winds at ridge top up to 40km/h
Freezing levels up to 3100m
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.