Snow conditions in the mountains 10.5.2013

Mostly sunny weather continues. At the beginning of the week there was still some rain, followed by only local showers and thunderstorms. Snow in the mountains is melting. Snow froze last night and this morning only above about 2500 m.

At 2500 m in the Julian Alps there is about 230 cm of snow, at 1500 m about 60 cm. Elsewhere in our mountains at 1500 m there is about 10 cm of snow. The consolidated snow cover is mostly in the high mountains, shady slopes and plateaus. Sunny slopes are bare above 1700 m.

The snow cover is well transformed and stable. Avalanche danger is mostly grade 1. During the day in sunny weather it softens slightly and therefore avalanche danger increases a little, especially on steep, sunny slopes in the high mountains. There, with greater additional loading, you can trigger a wet snow avalanche, but the likelihood is relatively small.

Today it will gradually cloud over from the west. Precipitation will appear in the forenoon in the Julian Alps and western Karawanks.

Towards evening it will spread eastward. Overnight and tomorrow it will be cloudy and foggy with frequent precipitation, partly thunderstorms.

The snow line will drop below 2000 m tomorrow. On Sunday only local showers. In the high mountains 5 to 10 cm of snow may fall. With cooling, the snow will melt more slowly.



New report will be issued on Monday, 13.5.2013 in the morning.



General avalanche danger is grade 1 on the European five-grade scale.



Source: ARSO