Západné Tatry

At the highest altitudes, wind-blown snow in the form of slabs and pillows. Possibility of wet avalanches in the afternoon due to warming.

At the highest altitudes, wind-blown snow in the form of slabs and pillows. Possibility of wet avalanches in the afternoon due to warming.

The avalanche situation is linked to the 0°C isotherm. In the highest altitudes of the Tatras, above 1700m above sea level, due to the strong wind and snowfall of the previous days, there are snow slabs and pillows of dry snow, which locally lie on the hard ground. They are mainly oriented in the northern sectors and their release is possible especially with high additional loads on steep slopes. Overnight cooling will harden the snow at lower and middle elevations and the avalanche danger will depend on afternoon warming. Wet avalanches may form on all orientations.

The snow cover is generally packed and well consolidated. The exception is the new snow that has fallen in the last period in the highest altitudes of the Tatras. 15cm in the Low Tatras and up to 10cm in the Western and High Tatras. However, it is very unevenly distributed, mostly in the northern sectors. Warming in the afternoon will make the snow wetter and heavier, wet avalanches may form in the middle altitudes. Very localised basement avalanches and blowdowns may occur at the lowest elevations.

Warming rising.