6.04.2012
From midweek, it was cloudy and foggy weather with occasional precipitation in most of our mountains, only in the eastern part was there more sunny weather, with precipitation only in some places until Friday night.
The snow line was mostly above 1900 m above sea level. In the Julian Alps, from Wednesday morning, up to about 30 cm of snow fell, which was mostly wet; the southwest wind blew it into drifts in exposed places. The firn line was at about 2300 m above sea level.
The new snow is soft and light. Lower down, the old snow cover is mostly soaked due to rain. The firm snow cover extends in shady areas mostly to about 1200 m above sea level, while on sun-facing slopes it is bare even above 2000 m. At 1500 m above sea level, firm snow cover is only on plateaus and in gullies, with up to about 10 cm of snow. Above 2000 m in the Julian Alps, there is up to about 110 cm of snow. Avalanche danger has increased to 2nd degree in areas with greater snow amounts, in the high Julian Alps due to new snow, elsewhere due to the soaked snowpack. Elsewhere in our mountains, the danger is mostly 1st degree. In the high Julian Alps, steep slopes are more dangerous, where even a spontaneous avalanche of new snow can release; lower down, individual slab avalanches of soaked snow are possible from steep slopes.
Until Sunday evening, cloudy and foggy weather with occasional precipitation will prevail. The snow line will still be high today, but tomorrow, on Saturday, it will gradually lower to about 1500 m above sea level. On Sunday night, it will lower to the lowlands, and on Sunday daytime there will be only little precipitation. In total, 10 to about 30 cm of snow will fall in the high mountains, less lower down. Avalanche danger will increase.
New report will be issued on Monday, 9.4.2012.
General avalanche danger is 2nd degree on the European five-level scale.
Source: ARSO