Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Wet-snow problem plus snowdrifts at high altitudes: caution urged

Wet-snow problem plus snowdrifts at high altitudes: caution urged

Avalanche danger will be low on Saturday. In steep terrain, wet loose-snow avalanches can trigger, small-to-medium, on steep grassy slopes glide snow slides are still possible.

The fresh snow from last week has been able to settle, the most recent snowfall is sticky above 1400 m. As temperatures rise again, together with rain impact, the snowpack forfeits its firmness. Only in very high altitude zones are there still trigger-sensitive snowdrifts.

Throughout the Eastern Alps, weak high-pressure front conditions prevail on Saturday. On the northern flank of the Alps the weather will be pleasant right from the start, in the Tauern there will be low lying clouds from the south, quickly dispersing. In tne Gurktal Alps as far as the rimline ranges, dense convective clouds will form in the afternoon. Winds will be light from S/SE. At 2000 m: +6 degrees; at 1500m: 11 degrees. But on Sunday the weather will turn instable. Clouds will persist, the northern ranges will soon lie in fog. From Dachstein to Hochschwab, rain showers will begin at midday, during the afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms will throughout the mountains. Winds will shift to northwesterly, temperatures drop. At 2000 m: 2-5 degrees.

With the descending temperatures, loose-snow avalanche activity will recede.