Allgäu Alps West

Storm strength winds and fresh snowfall during the course of the day. Beware fresh snowdrifts.

Storm strength winds and fresh snowfall during the course of the day. Beware fresh snowdrifts.

As a result of snowfall and storm-strength winds, avalanche danger will increase to moderate over the course of the day above the timberline. Freshly generated snowdrifts can trigger mostly small-sized avalanches in some places even by minimum additional loading. Danger zones occur on wind-impacted drifted slopes and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the danger of being forced to take a fall and being swept along also need to be taken into consideration.

Storm-strength winds are expected to transport the fresh fallen snow during the course of the day. The freshly generated drifts will be deposited primarily on shady slopes on top of an expansively metamorphosed snowpack surface, and are prone to triggering. Snow depths are significantly below average at all altitudes. Only limited information is available to the Avalanche Warning Services from outlying terrain.

Extremely inhospitable weather in the mountains, clouds will rapidly become heavier, summits will intermittently be shrouded in cloud. During the afternoon hours light snowfall from the north is expected to set in.. A strong-to-storm strength westerly winds will be blowing, thus intensifying the subjective feeling of cold. Temperature at 2000m: -9 degrees; at 3000m: -16 degrees. Strong-to-stormy westerly winds at high altitudes.

Due to fresh snowfall and winds, avalanche danger is expected to increase somewhat.