Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

The avalanche risk is low. In extremely steep gullies or bowls on shady slopes above the tree line, the triggering of small slab avalanches between pillows of wind drifted snow, some of which are prone to triggering, and the persistent weak layer cannot be completely ruled out.

In the middle and higher elevations, new fallen snow has been deposited on an old snowpack that varies greatly from region to region. Angular shapes weaken the snow layering in shady gullies and bowls. In some places, grassy slopes were covered with snow again.

Widespread clouds and high fog will persist during the night. In the west, the clouds will soften towards the morning. Friday will be cloudy in the peripheral mountains with an upper limit of high fog at 1500 metres. In the eastern parts of the country, medium-high clouds may remain quite persistent, but the summits will be mostly clear. In western Upper Styria, on the other hand, sunshine will predominate from early in the morning. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres is between -5 and -2 degrees. The temperature at an altitude of 1000 metres is between -3 and 0 degrees. Winds will be weak to moderate with gusts around 30 km/h from south-west to north.

No change in the avalanche danger is expected. There will be little change in the weather on Saturday. In the morning, high fog will persist south of a line from Hochschwab to Zirbitzkogel, reaching up to 1500 metres. Otherwise it will be sunny from early in the morning with only weak to moderate winds. In the peripheral mountains it will remain foggy and cloudy in the afternoon.