Savinja Alps and Carinthia

New and blown snow

New and blown snow

New fallen snow and blowing snow are the main dangers. The snowpack stability is reduced, especially on slopes and in ravines, where the snow thickness is greater due to snow accumulations.

In addition to new fallen snow, weak layers in the snowpack deeper in the snowpack can be a local problem. These weak layers are more common in the axis above the forest. In particular, a large avalanche can be triggered if the load exceeds the load-bearing capacity of these layers.

15-30 cm of dry and light snow fell in the mountains. A strong northerly wind blew in with the snow, blowing the snow down to the old base in many places. The new fallen snow is only slowly bonding with the old base. Ridges and peaks are blown down to the old base, in some places there is little old base. During the precipitation more than a week ago, there was some local fall of Graupel, which is a potentially dangerous Weak layer. Locally, the layers of Graupel are 5-10 cm thick, possibly more.

In old snow cover, the snow layers are mostly well connected. Deep below the surface, several weak layers of shreds and sheared grains occur, which are more frequent on axial slopes.

Then changeable clouds, with more sun in the west. Moderate northerly winds, increasing during the day. Temperatures will be around 0 °C at 1500 m and -8 °C at 2500 m.

The danger of avalanches will remain similar. In the coming days, the weather will be changeable with cloudy and partly clear periods, and some showers may occur. More sunshine will be in the west. It will be relatively cold for this part of the year, with moderate northerly winds, which will be strong on Tuesday and Wednesday.