Snow conditions 24.12.2018

Danger is level 1 on the European five-level scale - LOW.

Main problem:

Danger pattern: Cooling after warm weather / warming after frost



Risk assessment

Avalanche danger is LOW, level 1. The snowpack is stable. It is unlikely that any slab could release due to loading.



Snow conditions

Dry weather continues. Due to warming, the snow has become somewhat crusty and settled mainly in the mid-mountains, some of it has also melted lower down. The snow cover is mostly crusty, the crust formed due to wind and refreezing. Only in sheltered locations in the high mountains is the snow still soft in places. On wind-exposed slopes, the snow is heavily wind-packed, sometimes also hard.



Forecast weather development

Today it will clear up, a strengthened northerly wind will blow. It will cool down. Dry weather in the coming days. In the high mountains, a moderate, occasionally strong northerly wind will blow tomorrow, which will weaken on Wednesday. On Wednesday, warmer air will start arriving at higher elevations, in the area of high pressure a temperature inversion will form. No major changes until Saturday.



Tendency of snow conditions

The condition of the snowpack will not change much. Avalanche danger will be LOW, level 1.



Next issue: Saturday, 29. 12. 2018



Source: ARSO