Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Heed fresh snowdrifts

Heed fresh snowdrifts

In the western Fischbacher and Mürztaler Alps, danger above the treeline is moderate. Caution urged on slopes where fresh snow and wind impact have generated new drifts which can in isolated cases trigger a small slab. Wind-loaded slopes are mostly in E/S/W aspects. Caution urged below cornices and in transitions from shallow to deeper snow.

In the rimline ranges of Styria, only Fischbacher and Mürztaler Alps, and Gleinalpe, had fresh snow registered. Ongoingly strong winds have created windblown plateaus, on leeward slopes there were fresh drifts generated which now blanket soft layers or surface hoar.

The Eastern Alps are caught between a high over the Atlantic and a NE air current. From the west, high-pressure conditions are coming.. Styria is divided in two: west and southwest are bathed in sunshine; the eastern massifs still endur a moist-cold climate and low lying clouds. Temperatures in the western massifs will reach -2 degrees at 2000 m; -2 degrees at 1500 m in the west, -5 in the east. On the eastern rim of the Alps, strong NW winds will rise. Wednesday, quite similar. The high over the Azores will expand, but the eastern regions of Styria will remain moist. In the course of the afternoon the clouds will disperse somewhat. The NW winds will remain strong here, unlike in the other regions.

No change in the current avalanche and snow situation is expected.