Avalanche forecast

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LWD Salzburg
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Avalanche danger

Above 2,200 m· Morning
2 · Moderate
Below 2,200 m· Morning
1 · Low
Above 2,500 m· Afternoon
2 · Moderate
Below 2,500 m· Afternoon
3 · Considerable
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Highlights

During the daytime changes, the readiness to trigger wet avalanches increases rapidly.

Avalanche problems

  • Persistent weak layers· Morning

    • Above 2,200 m

  • Wet snow· Morning

    • Below 2,500 m

  • Wet snow· Afternoon

    • Below 2,500 m

  • Persistent weak layers· Afternoon

    • Above 2,200 m

Avalanche Activity

During the daytime changes, the readiness to trigger wet avalanches increases rapidly.

The avalanche danger below 2500 m increases rapidly to considerable during the daytime changes. Damp and wet loose snow avalanches and snow slabs can be expected during the day changes in all aspects below around 2500 metres. The avalanches can occur spontaneously or be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. They usually remain medium-sized, but can also become large in a few places. Spontaneous sliding snow avalanche activity can also be expected on typical slopes. In a few places above 2200 m, weak layers in the persistent weak layer can also be triggered, especially on west-, north- and east-facing slopes, as well as south-facing slopes in the high Alps. The avalanche prone locations are difficult to recognise. Snow slabs in the persistent weak layer can reach medium size, but in isolated cases avalanches can also tear through to the floating snow close to the ground and become large.

Snowpack Structure

The outgoing longwave radiation at night is good. A melt-freeze crust forms, which quickly softens again during the day. Heat and moisture increasingly penetrate the snowpack, only in shady high and high alpine locations can you still find dry snow on the surface. At mid-altitude, the snow is already wet down to the ground. On shady slopes from around 2200 m, there are angular forms and deep rime in the old snowpack, on the south side from around 2400 m. Fractures are most likely to occur on one of the uppermost crusts and only occasionally in the floating snow close to the ground. Some of the snow glides off the ground.

Weather Forecast

The night is starry. On Wednesday, the sun will mostly shine unclouded and there will be excellent visibility. During the daytime changes, there will be at most a few harmless spring clouds. Moderate to brisk north-westerly winds with gusts of around 40 km/h at higher altitudes. Temperatures at 2000 metres between 0 and 4 degrees, at 3000 metres around -2 degrees.

Tendency

Little change.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Salzburg (CC BY 4.0)

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