5.05.2014
In the past week, the weather was variable with occasional local precipitation. There were also quite sunny periods in between, especially in the second half of the week. The freezing level was mostly around 2400 m above sea level. The snow cover melted slowly, freezing overnight. On Sunday it cooled slightly and this morning the freezing level is around 1900 m above sea level, but it will rise somewhat during the day.
Significant snow cover reaches on sun-exposed slopes up to around 1800 m above sea level, in shady gullies down to around 1200 m. Above around 2000 m above sea level in the Julian Alps there is snow from around 250 cm to around 450 cm, at 1500 m up to around 150 cm. Elsewhere at 1500 m snow remains only on plateaus and in gullies. The snowpack is well settled, freezes overnight, and softens during the day.
Avalanche danger is mostly level 1 everywhere.
The snowpack is stable, softens somewhat during the day especially on sun-exposed slopes and lower in gullies. In the morning it is frozen and hard, sometimes icy.
Today, tomorrow and Wednesday morning it will be sunny and warmer, the freezing level will rise today by evening to around 2500 m above sea level, tomorrow above our highest peaks. On Wednesday during the day it will start clouding over in the Julian Alps and western Karawanks, in the afternoon there may be first precipitation there. The snow line will be around 2300 m above sea level. On the night to Thursday there will still be precipitation, also appearing elsewhere in our mountains, on Thursday during the day it will partly clear.
Snow will continue to dwindle, even in the high mountains snow will settle faster because temperatures will be above zero. Avalanche danger will be low, in the high mountains it will increase slightly during the day.
The next snowpack report will be issued on Friday, 9.5.2014 in the afternoon.
General avalanche danger is level 1 on the European five-degree scale.
Source: ARSO