Hochschwab Mountains

Generally good weather conditions-little snow!

Generally good weather conditions-little snow!

Low avalanche danger. Due to cooling the snow cover forms a crust. Risk of falling! No high amounts of new snow are expected in this area. Small snowdrift deposits adjacent to rigelines could be triggered.

Snow base is still thin without significant weak layers. During the night surface hoar will form. A few centimeters new snow layer can acccumulate on surface hoar. From Turracher Höhe till souther Niedere Tauern 10 cm - in Vitsch area 5 cm new snow are expected.

A coldfront is called for the Northwest of Styria during Thursday night. Before that heavy rainshowers on the northern side of the alps are forecasted, then the snow line drops during the night to 1.600 m in the valleys. On the south side of the alps a short timed low-pressure area causes rainshowers. in the early morning little snow in Mur- Mürztal is called. In the south rain is persistent, the snow line is sinking to 800 m. Stormy winds during the night due to the coldfront are expected. North side of the Alps stormy, cold winds with little snow. South of the Alps only partially little snow. Wind peaks between 70 and 100 km/h. Temperatures in 2.000m will be -9 degrees.

No significante change of the avalanche danger.