Avalanche danger is 3rd degree 29.11.2010

It snowed in the mountains on Friday and Sunday. 30 to 70 cm of snow fell, more in the Julian Alps, least on Pohorje and in the eastern Karawanks. It snowed down to the lowlands. The snow was dry everywhere in the mountains. It was transported by the northeast wind, on Saturday and Sunday by the southwest wind. The new snow bonded relatively well with the base.

In the high mountains of the Julian Alps there is about 230 cm of snow at 2500 m, about 100 cm at 1500 m. Elsewhere in our mountains about 40 cm at 1500 m. At 1000 m above sea level 30 to 40 cm of snow. The snow cover is soft and loose. There is a lot of wind-blown snow. No significant sliding occurred during snowfall.

Avalanche danger is 3rd degree in the high mountains of the Julian Alps and on the peaks of the Karawanks and Kamnik-Savinja Alps, elsewhere 2nd degree. An avalanche can be easily triggered by additional load especially on areas with wind-blown snow and on steeper slopes.

Today and tomorrow partly clear with variable cloudiness.

Peaks occasionally in clouds. No significant precipitation until tomorrow evening, but light snow will start on Tuesday night. Snow line at about 1000 m above sea level today, tomorrow about 1300 m, Tuesday night it will warm up a bit more. Below the layer of warmer air, colder air will remain trapped lower down. The snow cover will settle slowly, transforming somewhat faster into layers below about 1500 m above sea level. In the high mountains avalanche danger will not decrease much by Tuesday morning, elsewhere the snow cover will stabilize somewhat.

The next report will be issued on Wednesday, 1 December.



General avalanche danger is considerable, i.e. 3rd degree on the European five-degree scale.



Source: ARSO