Lower Tauern South

Weak layers in persistent weak layer remain the main danger, beware of fresh snowdrift accumulations

With some snowfall and wind in the night to Tuesday, the avalanche prone locations due to wind slab will increase slightly and the risk of avalanches will rise slightly.

Weak layers in persistent weak layer remain the main danger, beware of fresh snowdrift accumulations

The avalanche risk is moderate above around 2000 metres and low below that. In the aspects from west to north to east, medium and occasionally large, dry slab avalanches can still be triggered by individuals in a few places. Such avalanche prone locations are rare but often not recognisable in the terrain. Take particular care at the transitions from little to more snow. In addition, fresh snowdrift accumulations form in the aspects from north-west to south-east, which can easily be temporarily disturbed by individuals. Danger areas are usually adjacent to ridgelines, behind terrain edges and in the entrance areas to steep gullies and bowls. In sunny conditions, small loose snow avalanches can detach from extremely steep sunny slopes.

Between 5 and 15 cm of new fallen snow has accumulated over the past few days, including the coming night into Monday. New and wind slab snow lies in shady high areas on a soft, faceted snow surface. Otherwise, there is often an equally thin, non-load-bearing melt-freeze crust under the thin layer of fresh snow. Underneath this is a well-set sequence of compact, older drift snow layers, in which a crust is embedded in combination with faceted crystals. The connection at the transition to the old snow foundation, which consists mainly of deep rime, is still poor. Deep and sunny middle layers are largely snowed out.

Thick clouds will prevail during the night and on Monday morning and it may snow here and there. The clouds will then soften and the sun may appear around lunchtime. In the course of the afternoon, dense clouds and a few snow showers will return with a freshening north-westerly wind. The temperature will be -6 to -3 degrees at 2000 metres and -12 to -8 degrees at 3000 metres, although it will cool down in the afternoon. The north-westerly wind will reach speeds of around 50 km/h in open areas.