Loose Wet
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Unlikely
- Dimensione
- 1
The snow on most slopes became wet yesterday. Clear skies likley allowed at thin refreeze on the snow surface. It shouldn't take much warming today for the surface crust to melt.
The balance between sunshine, air temperatures, radiation, and wind all determine how warm and wet the snow becomes, and it is hard to know exactly how all those meteorological inputs will add up. The main point is to always expect some wet loose avalanches as the day heats up and to look for clues of a rising danger. Signs that wet avalanches will start happening include (1) seeing other small wet slides, (2) seeing snowballs roll downhill with increasing frequency, (3) seeing upper layers of snow become increasingly wet.
