Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

Low avalanche danger with mostly little snow.

The avalanche risk is low. Small slab avalanches can be triggered in steep gullies and bowls in isolated places at high altitudes. Avalanche prone locations are covered by a thin layer of snow and are often difficult to recognise. In general, the risk of being swept away, falling and injury outweighs the risk of burial. However, be careful in the area of terrain traps.

There is still little snow. The snowpack is damp or crusted can form in places. In the higher elevations, however, angular snow crystals are still weakening the stability on shady slopes. Above this, in the extended eastern sector, there may also be a thin, bound layer, which in some cases is not well bonded to the old snowpack.

While the night will be starry on the northern side of the Alps, many lowlands south of the main Alpine ridge will continue to be covered in thick patches of high fog, some of which will reach up to 1700 metres. It may snow lightly from time to time, but nothing more than a wafer-thin layer of fresh snow is possible. Tuesday morning will also be cloudy on the southern side of the Alps, with high fog reaching up to 1500 to 1800 metres and many peaks covered in fog. As the day progresses, the upper limit of the fog will fall and some peaks will get a few hours of sunshine in the afternoon. Tuesday will start very sunny on the northern side of the Alps, but a few denser cloud fields will appear from the west during the daytime changes. Temperatures at 1500 metres will be around -2 degrees. Weak to moderately strong winds from the southwest.

Thick patches of high fog will persist below 2000 metres, particularly on the southern side of the Alps. On the northern side of the Alps, these may clear in foehn-like southerly winds. No significant change in the avalanche danger.