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Caution: wet loose-snow avalanches on very steep sunny slopes; weak layers in old snow
On Wednesday, high-pressure front conditions over the Alps. Brilliantly sunny, cloudless skies, outstanding visibility. Light southerly winds. At 2000m: +4 degrees; at 1000m: up to +11 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria
Caution: wet loose-snow avalanches on very steep sunny slopes; weak layers in old snow
Due to daytime warming and solar radiation, increasingly frequent generally small-sized wet loose-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on extremely steep sunny slopes. Avalanches are triggerable by persons in the weak old snow, esp. on W/N/E facng slopes above 1800m, releases sometimes medium-sized.
Sunny slopes: Due to low temperatures and low air moisture, a surface crust forms during the nocturnal hours. Solar radiation and daytime warmth lead to significantly moister snowpack, esp. on extremely steep slopes. Shady slopes: inside the snowpack are expansively metamorphosed (faceted) weak layers, esp on W/N/E facing slopes above 1800m. The old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed (faceted) on the surface.
Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia, lawinen.report (CC BY 4.0)