The fresh snow and freshly generated snowdrift accumulations of this week are still prone to triggering in the high alpine
regions more than anywhere else. During the course of the day, increasingly strong westerly to southwesterly winds will generate
fresh snowdrift accumulations. In high alpine regions the conditions are rather wintery for this juncture of the season.
Below 2500 m the snow cover has become weakened by intensive rainfall, and north-facing slopes below 2500 m have become thoroughly
wet.
As a consequence of reduced nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation on Friday night, only a very thin crust will be able to
form on the snowpack surface. Beneath that crust the snowpack at intermediate and high altitudes is moist. Wet-snow and gliding
avalanches continue to be possible in isolated cases.
The Avalanche Warning Service has only a small amount of information available from the outlying regions. For that reason,
avalanche risks need to be examined with particular care on-site.