Koralpe East

New fallen snow! However, the avalanche danger remains low.

New fallen snow! However, the avalanche danger remains low.

With the new fallen snow, the avalanche risk increases slightly during the daytime changes. Sporadic loose snow avalanches may occur in a few places in gullies or bowls. The avalanches remain small due to the low snow depths.

Before the snowfall, there was only a little snow on the mountains. Only in shady gullies or bowls could some persistent weak layer remain. By Wednesday evening, 10 to 20 cm of new fallen snow will have fallen on top of this, 0 to 40 cm at higher altitudes, which will only just bond with the old snowpack.

During the night of 24 December, it starts to snow in the peripheral mountains. The precipitation will intensify during the daytime changes. Significant amounts of new snow are likely to accumulate, especially from the Koralpe to the Pack. By the evening, 10 to 20 cm will have accumulated in this area, and 20 to 40 cm at higher altitudes. Visibility will be very poor. The wind will blow moderately from the east at 20 to 40 km/h at first and become stronger during the daytime changes with 30 to 60 km/h in the afternoon. In areas adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit, wind speeds of up to 70 km/h can be expected. The temperature will continue to drop. At 2000 metres from -2 degrees on Tuesday to -8 degrees on Wednesday evening. The precipitation will gradually decrease during the night to Thursday. It will remain cloudy on Thursday. In the morning it will still be snowing lightly, with a further 5 to 10 cm falling between Wednesday evening and Thursday lunchtime. The precipitation will slowly subside in the afternoon. However, visibility will remain poor. The wind will weaken considerably and blow mostly from the south-west at 10 to 30 km/h. Temperature at 2000 m around -6 degrees.

The avalanche danger changes only slightly.