Gurktal Alps Central

Wet loose-snow avalanches are hardly possible.

Wet loose-snow avalanches are hardly possible.

Wet loose-snow avalanches are hardly possible. Most discharging zones have already discharged.

Rainfall moistened the snowpack widespread below 2000m. Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation will often be quite good. Sunshine and daytime warmth will lead to a softening of the snowpack during the course of the day on very steep sunny slopes in particular.

On Wednesday a Mediterranean low pressure front will bring gray skies. In early morning and later on, widespread rainfall and snowfall is expected, clouds will remain dense all day long, visibility will be poor. A moderate SW wind will be blowing, strong to stormy in exposed zones, windspeeds reaching 70 km/hr. At 2000m: 0 degrees; at 1000m: up to 6 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Slight rise in avalanche danger