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Rainfall up to 1600m, caution urged towards snowdrifts above 1800m

Rainfall up to 1600m, caution urged towards snowdrifts above 1800m

Due to fresh snwofall and moderate velocidty winds, snowdrift accumulations which are prone to triggering have been generated particularly in gullies, bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape due to fresh snow and storm-velocity SW winds. The freshly generated drifts can be triggered even by one sole skier. Particularly unfavorable are shady slopes where there are weak layers inside the old snowpack. Releases will be mostly small-sized, medium-sized in isolated cases. Size of danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude. Caution: be attentive to risks of being swept along and being forced to take a fall.

Rainfall widespread up to 1600m, above 1800m up to 15 cm of fresh snow was registered. Often moderate winds transported the fresh fallen snow. The fresh snowdrift accumulations were deposited atop a weak old snowpack surface particularly on shady slopes above 1800m. Further snowdrifts will accumulate during the course of the day. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. There is too little snow on the ground for this juncture of the season.

On Wednesday, high-fogbanks will persist, upper border at 1600-2100m, sunshine above that altitude. Strong, in exposed terrain storm-strength SW winds will prevail. At 1000m at midday: +2 degrees; at 2000m: -2 degrees.

Caution: fresh snowdrift accumulations