Snow conditions 14.1.2015
14.01.2015
On Monday and Tuesday sunny weather prevailed. On Monday during the day it gradually warmed up and on Tuesday the zero degree level was at around 2900 m above sea level. By this morning it has cooled slightly again and the zero level is currently around 1500 m.
The snow cover has become even more settled since Monday and frozen overnight in many places. Today the snow is frozen.
At 2500 m above sea level there is snow in the Julian Alps up to about 110 cm, at 1500 m up to about 40 cm, elsewhere up to about 20 cm.
Southern slopes are bare in many places even above 1500 m, or covered with a few centimeters of snow. Due to the wind, the snow cover depth is quite uneven.
The snow cover is mostly crusty, also hard and especially on wind-exposed locations even icy. Only in shaded high mountain locations is the snow still soft in places.
Avalanche danger is level 1.
The snow cover is stable and due to the cooling mostly frozen again. It is only difficult to trigger an avalanche, the danger of slips is currently greater.
Today and on Thursday cloudy and mostly dry weather will prevail. It will temporarily warm up slightly again, due to cloudiness the snow will be softened especially in mid-mountains and will not refreeze.
The next report will be published on Friday, 16.1.2015.
The general avalanche danger is level 1 on the European five-level scale.
Source: ARSO