Nock Mountains

Wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches are the major danger and can release at any time of day or night.

Wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches are the major danger and can release at any time of day or night.

Avalanche danger is moderate. Danger zones for wet-snow avalanches occur on very steep shady slopes below 2600m, on very steep sunny slopes at all altitudes. Wet-snow avalanches can trigger naturally at any time of day or night and grow to medium size Esp. on very steep W/N/E-facing slopes, increasingly frequent wet slab avalanches are possible, triggered either naturally or by persons. Avalanches in steep gullies can in isolated cases plummet down to the green zones.

The snowpack below 2600m is at least moistened in all aspects, on sunny slopes often up to high-alpine regions thoroughly wet. The snowpack cannot sufficient radiate outwardly during the nocturnal hours, forms only a thin melt-freeze crust not capable of bearing loads, and softening quickly in the morning hours. High air moisture and local rainfall is making the snowpack even wetter.

On Monday night, Tauern peaks will be shrouded in clouds, showers will become more frequent after midnight, snowfall above 2600m. Brisk to strong-velocity southerly winds, also blowing at storm strength in some foehn lanes. At 2000m: 3-7 degrees; at 3000m: -2 to +1 degree.

The snowpack is becoming thoroughly wet. Main danger: wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches.