Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low danger- wet-snow avalanches on steep slopes

Low danger- wet-snow avalanches on steep slopes

Avalanche danger is LOW. Thin snowdrift patches have settled and stabilized. Due to higher temperatures the wet-snow avalanche activity will increase during the daytime. Small, wet loose-snow and slab avalanches can trigger on steep freshly snowed slopes.

The old snowpack is stable and melt-freeze encrusted up to high altitudes, at ground level it is moist. Due to strong rises in temperature the snowpack swiftly becomes moist and loses its firmness. At low altitudes the snowpack is, at best, much fragmented.

On Friday it will be noticeably warmer in the mountains, mildest in the northwest. At 2000 m: 10 degrees at midday, elsewhere the temperatures will rise to 3-7 degrees at this altitude. Sunshine and high-altitude cirrus clouds. Winds will be light to moderate, brisk in the Hochschwab region, from southerly directions. Also on Saturday, sunny and unperturbed conditions will continue. Often cloudless skies, high-altitude clouds will not appear before afternoon. Visibility will be outstanding. Winds will be light to moderate from SW to SE. At 2000 m: 5 degrees.

It will remain mild, wet-snow avalanche activity will abide.