Wölz Tauern South

Stormy and cloudy weather - little snow.

The avalanche danger is low. Only in some places in high altitudes an extremely steep and shady gullies and bowls small slab avalanches are possible. In case of triggered avalanches risk of injuries is more likely than risk of being buried.

The snow cover is unusual thin for this season and southern slopes as well as exposed areas are predominatly bare. An area-wide, coesive snow base is only existing in blown-in gullies and bowls and shady high-altitude slopes. That snow cover is in moist and charactized by equilibrium (isothermal) metamorphosis. It is succession of soft layers on the surfaces, partially powder snow, and faceted snow crystals with melt-freeze crusts.

It will be sunny in the morning of Monday with stormy southwesterly winds. Between Turrach and Packalpe the clouds are accumulating in the morning already. Temperatures are rising short term and will be around 4 degrees in 2.000 m. In the afternoon clouds are accumulating beginning from west. An upcoming cold front will cause a bit of new snow on Tuesday.

Tuesday will be cloudy with snowfall down to 1.000 m. In the area of Turrach around 30 cm of new snow is expected. In the north andh east less new snow in the Triebener Tauern around 10 cm. Due to fresh snowdrift the avalanche danger rises a little bit.