Koralpe East

Low avalanche danger, occasional small wet snow slides!

Low avalanche danger, occasional small wet snow slides!

The avalanche risk is low. Rainfall can occasionally lead to small wet snow slides, especially from multiple starting zones that have not yet been fully discharged. The risk of being swept away and falling should be taken into account.

Overnight outgoing longwave radiation can cause the snow surface to consolidate somewhat. The thin snowpack will become damp in all areas during the daytime changes, and with rainfall it will also become wet in places and lose firmness. Only in very shady areas above 2000 metres does the snowpack still have small cold reserves and occasional weak layers in the persistent weak layer. In general, there is very little snow and the depletion is progressing.

Friday night will be mostly clear. In the early hours of the morning, cloud cover will increase from the west. During the day, the sun will only appear intermittently and isolated rain showers may spread from the north-west, especially in the afternoon. Above around 2000 metres there will be snow showers. The wind will blow moderately to briskly at times with gusts of between 30 and 50 km/h from the north-west. The temperature at 2000 m will be around +1 degree, at 1500 m between 2 and 5 degrees.

It will be milder again on Saturday. After clearing clouds and sunshine, the danger of wet slides will increase slightly again during the day changes.