Fischbach Alps West, Graz Highlands

Low danger. Isolated snowdrift patches on shady slopes.

Low danger. Isolated snowdrift patches on shady slopes.

From Koralpe to Wechsel region, low avalanche danger prevails. Nevertheless at high altitudes those zones deserve high attentiveness which have had fresh snow and newly generated snowdrifts over the last week. The snowdrift patches can trigger a small slab avalanche in isolated cases.

Between Koralpe and Wechsel region the snowfall until now has been minor. Some new snow was registered last week in the Fischbacher and Mürztaler Alps, and the Gleinalpe. Due to permanently strong winds, plateaus were windblown and some snowdrift patches were generated which now cover softer layers or surface hoar. The snowpack is currently melt-freeze encrusted and hard.

On Thursday the high-pressure front weather comes to an end. The edges of a warm front will cross Styria during the day, sunshine will be rare. Temperatures on the northern flank of the Alps at 2000 m: -1 degree; at 1500 m: +1 degree. Milder on the southern flank of the Alps: +1 and +4 degrees. Winds will be westerly, blowing at strong velocity, on Thursday night a cold front will bring stormy NW winds. Temperatures will drop measurably and in the Northern Alps and Tauern snowfall will set in. On Friday on the northern flank of the Alps, low lying cloud, precipitation all day long, the snowfall level at valley level. Further south the snowfall will be more seldom. From Gurktal Alps to the rimline ranges the northerly foehn wind can disperse the clouds somewhat.

Unchanged conditions