Snow conditions 27.11.2015

AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT



Avalanche danger is level 1.



The snowpack is mostly stable.



Risk is low. No spontaneous avalanching expected.





SNOW CONDITIONS and CURRENT SNOWPACK STATUS



The snowpack is dry. Temperatures have been below zero, air quite dry. Snow has been settling and transforming slowly.



In the Julian Alps at 2500 m above sea level there is about 40 cm of snow, elsewhere in our mountains 10 - 30 cm, locally a bit more.



FORECAST WEATHER DEVELOPMENT



This afternoon and initially tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy and foggy in places, clearer only in the northwest. Tomorrow during the day it will clear up, cloud tops lowering. In the afternoon clouding from northwest, clouds high above highest peaks. Weak northwest wind blowing.

Temperature at 1500 m around -2, at 2500 m around -6 °C.



On Sunday partly clear with occasional increased cloudiness. Slightly warmer. Weak to moderate west to northwest wind. A bit warmer still, freezing level around 1500 m above sea level.







TRENDS IN SNOW CONDITIONS



Snow will continue to transform, somewhat faster from Sunday onwards due to higher temperatures. Lower down snow will also decrease, especially on sun-exposed slopes.



Source: ARSO