Lower Tauern Central

Gliding snow activity will increase

Gliding snow activity will increase

Avalanche danger above 1400 m is moderate. In steep terrain, small wet loose-snow avalanches and isolated glide-snow avalanches (magnitude 1 & 2) can trigger. Small snowdrift accumulations can trigger at high altitudes esp. by large additional loading. Mosat danger zones are on NW/N/NE facing slopes.

Atop a moistened old snowpack surface up to 2000-2300 m, fresh snowfall is expected amid modearte wind impact from the northwest: 5-15 cm. Bonding of fresh snow to the snow base is less favorable with ascending altitude. At intermediate altitudes, rainfall weakens the snowpack. Below 1400 m there is little snow on the ground. Gliding snow activity has increased slightly.

Nocturnal skies will be overcast with rainfall and snow showers. Snowfall level dropping from 1700 m in the evening down to 1400 m in early morning. Expected snow: 5-15 cm, in high-alpine regions of Hohe Tauern up to 20-30 cm possible. Moderate NW winds blowing on the Main Alpine Ridge and in Tennengebirge. On Tuesday visibility will improve significantly, fog and brief showers will reduce it only somewhat in the morning, snowfall level 1500 m. As of midday, intermittent sunshine. At 2000 m: -3 to +3 degrees; at 3000 m: -7 degrees. The NW winds will be moderate.

On Wednesday very sunny, hardly any wind, and warm. Naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches from the fresh fallen snow in sun-drenched steep terrain, small trigger-prone snowdrift accumulations in ridgeline terrain above 2000 m. Gliding snow activity will remain heightened.