Stub and Gleinalpe

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for spontaneous wet snow slides!

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for spontaneous wet snow slides!

The avalanche risk is low. Nevertheless, during the daytime changes, the triggering of wet avalanches increases somewhat. Wet avalanches can mainly come from multiple starting zones that are not yet fully discharged. These are usually small but can also be easily triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts. The risk of being swept away and falling should be taken into account. Only in extremely steep, shady areas above 2000 m can very occasionally small to medium-sized slab avalanches be triggered (persistent weak layer problem).

With outgoing longwave radiation, the snow surface can consolidate somewhat, but softens again with sunlight. The thin snowpack becomes damp or wet in all areas and loses firmness. Only in very shady areas above 2000 metres does the snowpack still have small cold reserves and occasional weak layers in the persistent weak layer. In general, there is very little snow and the depletion is progressing.

High pressure influence. The night on Wednesday in the Styrian mountains will be starry and clear, with the last spring clouds gathering shortly after sunset. During the day on Wednesday, the weather will once again be bright, sunny and dry. The sun shines from early to late from a cloudless sky and visibility is very good. The temperature at 2000 metres above sea level will be between 0 and +5 degrees, at 1500 metres between +2 and +9 degrees. The north-westerly wind, which will be brisk at first, will gradually weaken.

Sunny mountain weather again on Thursday until the early afternoon. The avalanche danger will not change significantly.