Stub and Gleinalpe

Low avalanche danger.

Low avalanche danger.

The avalanche risk is low. Small slab avalanches can be triggered in extremely steep gullies and bowls in isolated places at high altitudes.

There is still little snow. The snowpack is damp or crusted can form in places. In the higher elevations, angular snow crystals continue to weaken the stability on shady slopes.

In the night to Sunday it will be cloudy and it will start to snow in the northern Alps. Hardly any snow will fall in the south of Styria. On Sunday, dense clouds will build up from the north until after midday on the northern side of the Alps. On the southern side of the Alps, the north foehn will ensure sunny conditions from midday at the latest. There will be strong northerly winds, even gale force in exposed areas. This will ease in the afternoon. It has cooled down considerably: between -7 and -11 degrees are expected at an altitude of 2000 metres by midday.

Strong to stormy westerly winds will blow across the northern side of the Alps on Monday night as a warm front passes through. A few centimetres of new fallen snow may fall in the northern Limestone Alps. Monday will be mostly free of precipitation during the day and the clouds will soften on the southern side of the Alps. In the evening and during the night on Tuesday, a north-westerly weather pattern will set in, resulting in renewed snowfall in the northern foothills. No new snowfall is expected in the south.