Avalanche bulletin and weather forecast Savoie

This avalanche translation of the Meteo France avalanche bulletin is produced mainly through an automated translation tool.  Please use it in conjunction with the French bulletin found at the above link.

N73060411
BULLETIN FOR ESTIMATING THE RISK OF AVALANCHES
FOR MASSIVE SAVOIE
Valid off marked and open trails
ON MONDAY 7 APRIL 2008
(Drafted Sunday, April 6)

ESTIMATE OF RISK FOR MONDAY:
For all the massive Savoie
Above 2400 m: RISK MARK - Level 3
More than 2400 m below: LIMIT RISK - Level 2

WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS:
Precipitation low, moderate temporarily, in the night of Sunday to Monday accompanied by violent gusts of wind. Improving Monday with cloudy. It expects 10 to 25 cm of snow with a maximum rain / snow below 1000 meters.

Isothermal 0 300 2300 m.
Wind at 3000 meters west 30 to 80 km / h and then southwest 40 km / h Monday afternoon.

SNOW CONDITIONS:
The snow is often reduced below 1300 to 1500 meters, it is normal for the season above 1800 meters. The thickness of snow reached 80 to 180 cm at 2000 m and even locally over 2 meters.
The maximum snow skiing is about 1200 m in northern and 1600 m in the south.
Monday, a small layer of snow will cover the snow often spring up to 2200 m in northern and 2700 m in the south. Further up, the snow is lighter but sometimes cardboard or cured by the wind.

STABILITY OF SNOW COVER:
SOME VERSANT SHADING SLABS IN HIGH ALTITUDE

The snowpack stabilizes generally fast enough between the disturbances, snow and recent cup is rapidly becoming more dense. But at high altitudes, especially in areas somewhat sunny, the cohesion is slower and the snowpack remains fragile.

It essentially is where the risk of inadvertent. It must therefore remain particularly suspicious over 2400 metres in a wide area north (between north-east and north-west), especially near the peak or changes slope. Especially as the south-westerly wind will form new surface slabs in these areas. Elsewhere the risk is reduced but some very dangerous areas persist locally particularly in the slopes is to the south-east and in some corridors very steep mountain in various slopes.

In addition, the layer of snow may cause a few drips or small avalanches particularly during the light during the day.

TREND OF RISK FOR TUESDAY:
Stationary or rising slightly with a weak disturbance flow southwest.

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