Lower Tauern South

Few avalanche prone locations with high consequences

Few avalanche prone locations with high consequences

The avalanche risk is moderate above around 2000 metres and low below. In a few places, especially in the aspects from west to north to east, medium, occasionally still large, dry slab avalanches can be triggered by individuals. Danger areas are difficult to recognise. Take particular care at the transitions from little to more snow.

Occasional wet snow avalanches triggered by people on the sunny slopes with soaking of the snowpack are possible. The likelihood of gliding avalanches is slightly increased.

The snowpack outgoing longwave radiation is greatly reduced overnight and only just a thin melt-freeze crust forms. In shady high altitudes, soft, faceted snow can often still be found on the surface. Below this lies a well-set sequence of compact drift snow layers, in which a crust in combination with faceted crystals is usually still embedded. The connection at the transition to the old snow foundation, which consists mainly of deep rime, is still poor. Deep and sunny middle layers are largely snowed out.

The night will be mostly cloudy and the frost line will drop to around 1700 metres by the morning. On Thursday, rain or snow will fall repeatedly in the morning, in the afternoon it will generally dry out a little, but further short showers will form and dense clouds will restrict visibility. A total of 5 to 10 cm of new fallen snow will fall in the northern mountain regions, less in the south and east. The snowfall level is between 1200 and 1500 metres. There will only be a few showers in Lungau, where it may clear up a little at times. Later in the day it will generally soften up a little from the west. The wind will blow mainly weak to moderate from west to north-west. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be around -3 degrees, at 3000 metres around -8 degrees.

No significant change in the avalanche danger as the weather improves on Friday.