Hochschwab Mountains

Daytime increase in avalanche danger to moderate. Wet-snow situation.

Daytime increase in avalanche danger to moderate. Wet-snow situation.

Avalanche danger increases from swiftly low to moderate in the course of the day due to mild temperatures and solar radiation. Main danger: naturally triggered or skier-triggered (minimum additional loading) wet-snow avalanches on steep not-yet-discharged slopes. Also, the likelihood of glide-snow avalanches is increasing. Avoid zones below glide cracks. At higher altitudes in steep terrain, older snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as slab avalanches by large additional loading.

Due to springtime temperatures and solar radiation, the firmness regained at night is quickly lost. Due to moistness and weness, the largely isotherm snowpack destabilizes and tends towards naturally triggered slides. At high altitudes, take heed of the older snowdrifts and the old snowpack in general.

Thursday will begin with pleasant conditions throughout Styria, but for a few harmless clouds and dust from the Sahara which will disturb the atmosphere and hamper the sunshine somewhat. As of midday in the Northern Alps and Niedere Tauern, convective cloud build-up can be expected, a bit of rainfall is also possible. At 1500 m at midday: +13 degrees; at 2000 m: +8 degrees. Mostly moderate SW winds.

On Friday, some clouds, a few showers. Temperatures will drop slightly. At midday +7 degrees at 1500 m, +3 degrees at 2000 m. The wet snow situation will persist due to daytime warming and rainfall from place to place.