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Avalanche prone locations along the Salzburg border

Avalanche prone locations along the Salzburg border

Isolated mostly small wet-snow avalanches are possible below 2600m, esp. alng the Salzburg border following nights of overcast skies. Due to fresh snow and moderate-velocity winds, trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations have been generated over the course of the day which can be triggered by one sole skier, but will be mostly small-sized releases. Caution urged in gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the terrain along the Salzburg border.Danger zones occur above 2600m. Isolated danger zones occur also on sunny slopes in high-alpine zones.

Due to fresh snow and moderate-to-strong northerly winds, small snowdrift accumulations have been generated, they lie deposited on shady slopes near ridgelines above 2600m atop soft layers. Below 2600m: the old snowpack is wet. The surface can hardly freeze at night and rapidly softens in morning, esp. along the Salzburg border following a night of overcast skies. Below 2200m hardly any snow on the ground.

On Sunday, cloud cover will limit visibility through fog, the highest summits could remain in the clear. During the course of the day, clouds will disperse, but heavy convective cloud build-up will nevertheless limit visibility. It will remain dry by and large. Moderate SE winds will reach 30 km/hr. At 2000m: +2 to +5 degrees; at 3000m: -2 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Little change expected