Stub and Gleinalpe

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for spontaneous wet snow slides!

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for spontaneous wet snow slides!

The avalanche risk is low. Nevertheless, during the daytime changes, the probability of triggering wet avalanches increases slightly. The mostly small avalanches can mainly come from multiple starting zones that are not yet fully discharged and can also be triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts. The risk of being swept away and falling should be taken into account.

With outgoing longwave radiation, the snow surface can consolidate somewhat, but softens again with sunlight. The thin snowpack becomes damp or wet in all areas and loses firmness. Only in very shady areas above 2000 metres does the snowpack still have small cold reserves and occasional weak layers in the persistent weak layer. In general, there is very little snow and the depletion is progressing.

The calm, high-pressure weather with a northerly current will continue. Thursday night will be largely clear and free of disturbances. It will cool down considerably and it will be frosty in the valleys. On Thursday, the sky over the Styrian mountains will not be completely cloudless. In addition to high veil clouds, somewhat denser clouds may cloud the sunshine in the western regions as early as the morning. The north-westerly wind will remain moderate to brisk in exposed areas and strong towards the east. Temperatures will rise from the Hochschwab region to the Gurktal Alps, with highs of -2 or +5 degrees at 2000 metres and +3 or +9 degrees at 1500 metres.

On Friday, a disturbance will cause widespread clouds and unproductive precipitation. Decrease in the danger of wet avalanches.