Totes Gebirge South

Persistent weak layer problem on the north side

Persistent weak layer problem on the north side

The avalanche risk is moderate above 1800 metres and low below. There is still a persistent weak layer problem in the extended northern sector. Medium-sized slab avalanches can still be triggered by people in steep gullies and bowls. The avalanche prone locations are usually difficult to recognise and are often located in transition areas from little to much snow. The probability of triggering wet snow avalanches increases slightly during the daytime changes from very steep east- to south- to west-facing slopes. In steep terrain, there is a risk of falling on the hard snow surface.

Outgoing longwave radiation is somewhat reduced from the second half of the night. As a result, the snow surface can often only consolidate weakly and soften increasingly on the sunny slopes depending on the incoming radiation. On shady slopes, there are still areas with a soft (faceted) snow surface at higher altitudes, where the firmness of the layer changes depending on the altitude and exposure. Below this there is an increasingly sufficiently settled and compact snowpack, the transition to the foundation consisting of deep rime (floating snow) is still poor. Medium (sunny slopes) and low altitudes are largely free of snow.

On Saturday, foehn and quite sunny, on Sunday more clouds and the beginning of cooling. The wind will blow moderately from the south-west. Temperatures at 1500 metres will be +5 degrees.

Sunday morning will be partly sunny, especially from the Seetaler Alpe to the Wechsel. Rain showers will then develop from midday. Little change in the avalanche danger.