9.01.2019
Danger is grade 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, grade 1. The snowpack is stable. It is unlikely that any slab could release due to loading.
Snow conditions
Mostly dry and windy weather continues. Snow is mostly covered with crust, in many places also hard and icy. Only in sheltered, northern aspects of the high mountains of the Julian Alps can it be soft in places.
Forecast weather development
It will be dry, gradually cooling a bit more by Friday. Today zero is at sea level around 1000 m, sometimes higher, but it will already cool somewhat during the day and from evening onwards the temperature in the hills and mountains will be below zero all the time. Moderate northwest wind will blow, tomorrow north to northeast wind, which will strengthen somewhat.
Trend in snow conditions
The state of the snowpack will not change much. The snowpack will remain stable, frozen and in many places hard and icy, hence risk of slips. Avalanche danger will be LOW, grade 1.
Next publication: Friday, 11. 1. 2019
Source: ARSO