Border Pennine Alps

Moist and wet avalanches are the main danger.

Moist and wet avalanches are the main danger.

The Avalanche Warning Service currently has only a small amount of information, so that the avalanche danger should be investigated especially thoroughly in the relevant locality. In some regions up to 10 cm of snow, but less in some localities, fell yesterday above approximately 2800 m. From the afternoon the weather will be sunny at times. Some snow will fall until the early morning in some localities. Up to 2000 m rain will fall. The new snow is bonding well with the old snowpack. Individual small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized natural avalanches are nontheless possible. As a consequence of solar radiation the prevalence and size of the avalanche prone locations will increase in the afternoon.

Also high altitudes and the high Alpine regions: As a consequence of highly fluctuating temperatures the snowpack consolidated. Towards its surface, the snowpack is moist and its surface consists of loosely bonded snow lying on a crust that is barely capable of bearing a load. In the regions exposed to snowfall this applies. Below approximately 2500 m: The snowpack is moist. In addition, only a little snow is lying on south facing slopes.

Slight increase in danger of moist avalanches as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation.