Mürztal Alps

Fresh snowfall on bare ground: a new winter landscape is created

Fresh snowfall on bare ground: a new winter landscape is created

Avalanche danger is low. The wet fresh fallen snow can generate small, naturally triggered wet-snow slides.

On Friday, up to 15 cm of fresh snow will fall, largely on bare ground. Depending on how the snowfall level changes, it could also turn to rain.

On Friday a low over Upper Italy will bring gray skies and wet weather, the peaks will be veiled in clouds, visibility poor, heavy rainfall/snowfall throughout Styria, snowfall level in the Northern Alps below 1000 m already in early morning, also in Niedere Tauern and southern ranges later in the day. By Friday evening in Gurktal and Seetal Alps and Niedere Tauern, up to 60 cm of fresh snow is anticipated. In the remaining ranges, less than 30 cm expected. Esp. in eastern regions, the snowfall forecast is still quite uncertain, it could turn out to be much more. Winds in the Northern Alps will be westerly, brisk, later slackening off. In southern and eastern regions, the southerly winds will intensify. At 2000 m in western regions: -6 degrees, in eastern regions 2 degrees milder.

During Friday night the snowfall will continue esp. in the eastern ranges, then taper off on Saturday morning, sunshine is then expected. Avalanche danger will remain low.