Lechtal Alps East

The weather will be exceptionally warm. The danger of wet avalanches will already be elevated in the early morning. Some snow will fall in the evening.

The weather will be exceptionally warm. The danger of wet avalanches will already be elevated in the early morning. Some snow will fall in the evening.

In the early morning the natural activity of wet avalanches will rapidly increase. This applies on steep east and west facing slopes below approximately 2800 m, as well as on steep south facing slopes in all altitude zones, this also applies on shady slopes below approximately 2600 m. In some cases the wet avalanches can release the saturated snowpack and reach large size. On steep grassy slopes individual medium-sized gliding avalanches are possible below approximately 2600 m. Areas with glide cracks are to be avoided. In steep gullies wet avalanches can in some cases reach areas without any snow cover. Backcountry tours and ascents to alpine cabins should be started very early and concluded timely.

The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. Until the evening the weather will be exceptionally warm. The high temperatures will give rise to extreme and thorough wetting of the snowpack especially on very steep slopes. These conditions will cause a rapid weakening of the snowpack. In some regions 10 to 25 cm of snow will fall in the evening. The wind will be strong to storm force in particular on the Main Alpine Ridge and to the north. As a consequence of new snow and a strong wind, mostly small wind slabs will form towards the evening. The fresh wind slabs are in some cases prone to triggering.

Temporary increase in danger of dry avalanches as a consequence of the new snow. Temporary decrease in danger of wet avalanches as the temperature drops.