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Beware persistent weak layers.

Beware persistent weak layers.

Weak layers in the uppermost part of the snowpack can in isolated cases be triggered by one sole skier. Such danger zones occur esp. on steep N/W/E-facing slopes above 2100m. Avalanches can in isolated cases grow to medium size. Due to solar radiation and daytime warmth, increasingly frequent wet-snow avalanches can be expected, especially on extremely steep sunny slopes, releases mostly small-sized. Acute danger of falling on hardened snowpack surfaces in steep terrain.

Along the Salzburg border some snowfall is anticipated. Inside the old snowpack on N/W/E-facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers, esp. abov 2400m. Clear skies over far-reaching areas: the surface freeze enough so that it can bear loads. Sunshine and warmth moisten the snowpack during the daytime, esp. on very steep E/S/W-facing slopes including at high altitudes, swiftly softening the snowpack which becomes thoroughly wet at low and intermediate altitudes. Below 1700m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

On Sunday, residual clouds will rapidly disperse to make room for the sun. Less northerly wind but in exposed terrain blowing at storm strength. Plummeting temperatures. At 3000m: -13 degrees; 2000m: -7 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Little change in avalanche danger levels anticipated