Nock Mountains

Only a little snow left.

Only a little snow left.

The avalanche risk is low. As the sun shines, the propensity to trigger wet avalanches increases slightly. This is particularly the case where there is still a lot of snow, i.e. mainly on very steep shady slopes at high altitudes and in some cases on eastern and western slopes. The avalanches usually remain small, but can tear through to the ground in wet snow and occasionally reach medium size.

The snowpack can radiate well overnight, only in Lungau is outgoing longwave radiation limited by clouds for longer. A stable melt-freeze crust forms over a wide area, which softens during the day. The snowpack underneath consists of compact snow characterised by rain. On shady slopes from around 2500 metres, there are weak layers of deep rime in the old snowpack close to the ground. The snowpack, if still present at all, is moist to wet up to high altitudes.

The clouds in the Tauern and in Lungau will soon decrease on Thursday night and clear weather will prevail everywhere. Excellent visibility and clear sunshine on Thursday. The air is very dry. On the northern edge of the Alps, cool northeasterly winds will be noticeable in places and moderate winds from north to east will also occur high up in the Alps during the day. At 2000 m -2 to +4 degrees with warmer air in the south, at 3000 m around -5 degrees.

The risk of avalanches continues to decrease as the glacier thins out.