Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger. In the morning, better conditions.

Low avalanche danger. In the morning, better conditions.

Avalanche danger in Styria is low. At intermediate and low altitudes the danger of naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches on steep smooth grassy slopes still threatens. These can trigger at any time of day or night, zones below glide cracks should be avoided. Due to diffuse solar radiation, increasingly frequent wet loose-snow avalanches can trigger from steep zones which have not yet discharged. On very steep N/E facing slopes at high altitude, in addition, isolated slab avalanches cannot be ruled out by large additional loading (persistent weak layer, triggerable in transitions from shallow to deep snow).

Precipitation was initially rainfall on the weekend, destabilizing the snowpack somewhat. Some fresh snow was deposited on the moist surface, stormy winds then generated new snowdrift accumulations (shallow) which are well bonded with the snowpack Weak layers inside the snowpack threaten - faceted crystals bordering on melt-freeze crusts, but are unlikely to trigger (except in transitions from shallow to deep snow). A wet layer exists aat ground level, reinforcing gliding activity. Higher altitude slopes sometimes turn to firn, lower altitude slopes are soft and weak.

A high-pressure front is determining the weather in Styria, mild and initially quite sunny. From the west, clouds will move in starting at midday. The SW winds will be light, brisk in the rimline ranges. At midday at 2000 m: +3 degrees; at 1500m: +7 degrees. Thursday will be variably cloudy, heavy clouds will move in from the southwest, sunshine will be only occasional. Winds will remain light. Temperatures will recede slightly.

No change is expected.