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Avalanche prone locations along the Salzburg border

Avalanche prone locations along the Salzburg border

Danger of wet-snow avalanches exists already in the early morning. Due to rainfall below 2600m, isolated mostly small wet-snow avalanches are possible, esp. alng the Salzburg border. Due to fresh snow and moderate-velocity winds, trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations will be generated over the course of the day which can be triggered by one sole skier, but will be mostly small-sized releases. Caution urged in gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the terrain along the Salzburg border.Danger zones occur above 2600m. Isolated danger zones occur also on sunny slopes in high-alpine zones.

Above 2200m, 10cm of fresh snow was registered. During the night, up to 15cm of additional snowfall is anticipated above 2200m. Due to fresh snow and moderate-to-strong northerly winds, small snowdrift accumulations have been generated, they lie deposited on shady slopes near ridgelines above 2600m atop soft layers. Below 2600m: the old snowpack is wet. The surface can hardly freeze at night and rapidly softens in morning, esp. along the Salzburg border following a night of overcast skies. Below 2200m hardly any snow on the ground.

On Saturday, clouds will persist, visibility will often be limited. Light-to-moderate NE winds will reach 40 km/hr. At 2000m: +2 degrees; at 3000m: -4 degrees.

Little change expected