Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger. In the morning better conditions.

Low avalanche danger. In the morning better conditions.

Avalanche danger in Styria is low. At intermediate and low altitudes the danger of naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches on steep smooth grassy slopes still threatens. These can trigger at any time of day or night, zones below glide cracks should be avoided. Due to diffuse solar radiation, increasingly frequent wet loose-snow avalanches can trigger from steep zones which have not yet discharged. On very steep N/E facing slopes at high altitude, in addition, isolated slab avalanches cannot be ruled out by large additional loading (persistent weak layer, triggerable in transitions from shallow to deep snow).

The snowpack has settled well, is mostly stable. On higher-altitude shady slopes the snowpack is mostly dry, moist lower down, in places it is already isotherm. Depending on wind impact and solar radiation, the surface is melt-freeze encrusted or hardened, a loose layer exists only on shady wind-protected slopes. Trigger-sensitive weak layers exist more deeply embedded inside the snowpack in the form of faceted crystals around older melt-freeze crusts. In addition, when the snowpack is thoroughly wet there is a wet sliding layer in the transitions to the ground which is responsible for glide-snow avalanches.

Increasing influence of a high-pressure front, dry air masses from the northwest. Tuesday will be quite sunny. On the northern flank of the Alps, brisk winds (stormy in the rimline ranges) from the northwest; south of the Main Alpine Ridge the winds will be much lighter. At 2000m +2 degrees and at 1500 m: +5 degrees. In the south the temperatures will rise to +4 and +8 degrees. Also on Wednesday, pleasant weather conditions, but more clouds. Temperatures will remain unchanged, winds will ease.

No change is expected.