Snow conditions 21.1.2022
21.01.2022
General danger level - Friday, 21 January 2022
Danger is level 1 on the European five-level scale - LOW.
Main problem: wind slab
Danger pattern: cooling after warm weather / warming after frost
Risk assessment
Avalanche danger is mostly LOW. Especially in wind-scoured places, there is a high SLIDING RISK. The snowpack is mostly stable. Only on steep, shady high-mountain slopes are there remaining individual unconsolidated or poorly consolidated slabs, where under greater snowpack load you can trigger a slab avalanche.
Snow conditions
Dry and sunny weather continues. In the shade, snow is hard or dry, in places there is still some powder. Wind-exposed locations are heavily scoured, even to bare ground. More pronounced slabs are mainly in shady locations, on southern slopes the snow is already more bonded to the base.
Forecast weather development
Today sunny and cold weather, moderate, in places also strong northerly wind will blow. Tomorrow in the eastern Karawanks and partly in the Savinja Alps mostly cloudy, in the afternoon and evening there may be occasional snowfall in places. Elsewhere partly clear with occasional increased cloudiness. Some peaks will occasionally be in clouds. Slightly warmer, the zero isotherm will rise a little above 1000 m a.s.l. during the day. Moderate northerly wind will blow. On Sunday in the western Julian Alps and western Karawanks fairly clear, elsewhere moderately to mostly cloudy. Some peaks will occasionally be in clouds. Zero isotherm between 1100 and 1300 m a.s.l. Moderate northerly wind will still blow. Similar weather also on Monday, on Monday night snowfall possible in the east.
Tendency of snow conditions
Due to cold weather, snow conditions will remain almost unchanged. Snow will remain hard and frozen, mainly high sliding risk. The snowpack will be mostly stable, only in shady high-mountain locations will there still be individual, potentially unstable slabs. The next avalanche bulletin will be published on Monday, 24.1.2022.
Next issue: Monday, 24 January 2022
Source: ARSO