Veľká Fatra

Watch for significant warming during the day in southern exposures

Watch for significant warming during the day in southern exposures

In the Fatras and in the eastern part of the Low Tatras a moderate avalanche danger (2nd degree) is declared over the forest zone in the afternoon. Due to warming and subsequent night freezing, the avalanche-prone situation will stabilise. The main problem will be wet snow on steep sunny slopes. The avalanche situation requires good decisions, avoid steep slopes, watch out for a larger layer of melted firn, but also avoid places where blown snow from the last snowfall is evident and has not fallen with an avalanche in the previous days.

Temperatures will also reach positive numbers at the highest altitudes. A crust, or ice layer, has formed on the surface of the snow cover to the south. Sunny weather and warming temperatures will cause the snowpack to become wetter and the cohesion of the individual layers to decrease, especially as midday approaches. The snow cover remains well below average, especially at altitudes up to 1500 m above sea level.

rising at midday, decreasing in the evening, weakly decreasing overall pk