Nock Mountains

Note small snowdrift accumulations adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit

It will snow lightly on Sunday night, with up to 10 cm of new fallen snow. Visibility improves during the daytime changes on Sunday. The mountains will be covered in clouds in the morning, with widespread sunshine from midday. A brisk to stormy north-westerly wind will blow. It will be much colder again. Around -16 degrees Celsius at 2000 metres.

The wind slab remains prone to triggering.

Note small snowdrift accumulations adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line and low below. In some places, wind slab adjacent to the ridgeline can be triggered as a mostly small slab avalanche by even a small additional load. Most avalanche prone locations are in the north and east sector behind terrain edges, in gullies and bowls. The risk of falling outweighs the risk of burial away from terrain traps. Also beware of stones that are only slightly covered by snow.

In the last few days, 10 to 20 cm of new fallen snow has fallen. Soft new fallen snow overlaid by wind slabs can form a weak layer near the surface. Overall, there is little snow and there are no pronounced weak layers within the old snowpack.