Wölz Tauern South

Take particular care in the east and south sectors!

Take particular care in the east and south sectors!

The avalanche danger is rated as moderate above the tree line. The stormy wind has formed fresh wind slabs that are easily recognisable. Above the tree line, the fresh wind slab can easily be triggered as a snow slab. Typically, medium avalanches are expected to be triggered. The avalanche prone locations are adjacent to ridgelines as well as distant from ridgelines and in steep gullies and bowls. Loose snow avalanches are possible from steep rocky and rugged terrain.

The strong to stormy wind has continued to work the snow. The wind slab is usually quite hard. Weak layers are to be expected within the drift snow layer. The old snowpack is mostly hard and the snowpack near the ground is weakened by floating snow.

Along the northern side of the Alps, dense residual clouds will persist in places, but there will be hardly any snowfall. On Monday, there will be a few sunny spells in the morning between two cloud banks, especially in the southern Niedere Tauern. In the north, however, lower and lower clouds will accumulate on the slopes and the peaks will soon be covered in fog. Around midday, it will also start to snow lightly from the west. The temperature at an altitude of 2000 metres will be between -8 and -4 degrees. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres is between -4 and -1 degrees. Stormy winds with gusts between 60 and 80 km/h from the north-west. The snowfall level fluctuates between valley locations and 900 metres.

With a north-westerly current, dense clouds will continue to accumulate along the northern side of the Alps, with the possibility of heavy snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday, especially between the Schladminger Tauern and the Totes Gebirge. It will only snow a little to the east, and not at all in the south with clear clouds and strong winds. An increase in avalanche danger is expected.