{"prose": {"tendency": [{"comment": "<h1>Outlook to Tuesday</h1><p>Sunday night into Monday will be partly clear in the east, and cloudy elsewhere. In the morning, there will still be bright spells in the east; elsewhere, it will be mostly cloudy with showers, especially along the northern flank of the Alps. The snowfall level will be just below 2000 m. On Tuesday, it will initially be sunny in the west after a mostly clear night. As the day progresses, clouds will gather. In the east, after a cloudy night, some residual cloud will remain in the morning. After that, there will be brighter intervals. Conditions will be very sunny in the south. On both days, the wind will blow from westerly directions and will remain moderate at times in the north on Monday, and light on Tuesday. The zero-degree level will be 2200 m in the north and 2500 m in the south, gradually rising a little as the day progresses on Tuesday.</p><p>The danger of dry avalanches will decrease, but only slowly on very steep north-facing slopes in the high alpine regions. Wet avalanches are to be expected in the near-surface layers on very steep terrain, particularly as a consequence of solar radiation.</p>", "valid_from": null, "valid_until": null, "tendency_type": null}], "tendency_lead": null, "weather_review": "<h1>Weather review for Saturday</h1><p>In the north and in Grisons, snow fell above approximately 1300 m, increasingly in the form of showers during the day. In Valais, conditions were changeable with extended bright spells. In the south, conditions were very sunny.</p><h2>Fresh snow</h2><p>From Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon, the following amounts of fresh snow fell above approximately 2000 m:</p><ul><li>Northern Alpine ridge from the Wildstrubel to the St. Gallen Alps: 20 to 30 cm</li><li>Rest of the northern flank of the Alps, Lower Valais, northern Grisons, Engadine, Val M\u00fcstair: 10 to 20 cm, less elsewhere</li></ul><p>Over the three days from Wednesday evening to Saturday afternoon, altitudes above approximately 2000 m thus saw the following snowfall:</p><ul><li>Extreme west of Lower Valais, northern Alpine ridge excluding the Alpstein-Alvier area and Liechtenstein, as well as northern Grisons, Engadine, Val Bregaglia, Val Poschiavo, Val M\u00fcstair: mostly 30 to 50 cm, with up to 70 cm in places in the high alpine regions</li><li>Rest of the northern flank of the Alps, rest of Lower Valais: 15 to 30 cm</li><li>Less elsewhere, no snow in the far south</li></ul><h2 contenteditable=\"false\">Temperature</h2><p>At midday at 2000 m, between -3 \u00b0C in the north and +2 \u00b0C in the south</p><h2>Wind</h2><p>Moderate to strong along the central and eastern Main Alpine Ridge, otherwise light to moderate from northerly directions</p>", "weather_forecast": "<h1>Weather forecast to Sunday</h1><p>After a mostly clear night, it will be quite sunny. As the day progresses, there will be cumulus clouds and an increasing amount of high-level cloud cover.</p><h2 contenteditable=\"false\">Fresh snow</h2><p>-</p><h2>Temperature</h2><p>At midday at 2000 m, between 0 \u00b0C in the north and +3 \u00b0C in the south</p><h2>Wind</h2><p>Shifting to southwesterly and mostly light</p>", "avalanche_activity": {"comment": "", "highlights": ""}, "snowpack_structure": "<h1>Snowpack</h1><p>The sometimes large amounts of new snow and wind-drifted snow in the extreme west of Lower Valais, in the north, and in large parts of Grisons are in some cases still prone to triggering. In the other regions, more recent snowdrift accumulations are in some cases still prone to triggering, but are mostly smaller. In addition, avalanches can be triggered in the upper layers of the underlying old snowpack, especially on north- and east-facing slopes.</p><p>As a consequence of solar radiation, numerous loose snow avalanches are to be expected from the new fallen snow, especially in the regions exposed to heavier precipitation.</p>"}, "danger": {"key": "moderate", "number": "2", "ratings": [{"key": "moderate", "period": "all_day", "elevation": null, "subdivision": null}], "subdivision": null}, "source": "SLF", "traits": [{"prose": null, "title": "Dry avalanches", "band_id": null, "category": "dry", "problems": [{"extras": {"subdivision": "neutral", "core_zone_text": "Danger level \"moderate\" (2=) in northwest to northeast to southeast facing aspects above 2000m."}, "aspects": ["N", "NE", "E", "SE", "NW"], "elevation": {"lower": 2000, "upper": null, "treeline": false, "treeline_side": null}, "frequency": null, "time_period": "all_day", "comment_html": "The more recent wind slabs are in some cases still prone to triggering. The avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. Avalanches can reach medium size. Careful route selection is recommended. <br/> The Avalanche Warning Service currently has only a small amount of information that has been collected in the field, so that the avalanche danger should be investigated especially thoroughly in the relevant locality.", "problem_type": "wind_slab", "avalanche_size": null, "avalanche_type": null, "core_zone_text": "Danger level \"moderate\" (2=) in northwest to northeast to southeast facing aspects above 2000m.", "snowpack_stability": null, "danger_rating_value": "moderate"}], "elevation": null, "geography": {"source": "problems"}, "time_period": "all_day", "danger_level": 2}, {"prose": "As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation moist snow slides are to be expected. These are rather small. Restraint should be exercised because avalanches can sweep people along and give rise to falls.", "title": "Wet-snow avalanches", "band_id": null, "category": "wet", "problems": [{"extras": {"subdivision": "", "core_zone_text": null}, "aspects": [], "elevation": null, "frequency": null, "time_period": "all_day", "comment_html": "As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation moist snow slides are to be expected. These are rather small. Restraint should be exercised because avalanches can sweep people along and give rise to falls.", "problem_type": "wet_snow", "avalanche_size": null, "avalanche_type": null, "core_zone_text": null, "snowpack_stability": null, "danger_rating_value": "low"}], "elevation": null, "geography": {"source": "prose_only"}, "time_period": "all_day", "danger_level": 1}], "version": 8, "metadata": {"lang": "en", "valid_from": "2026-05-16T15:00:00+00:00", "next_update": "2026-05-17T15:00:00+00:00", "unscheduled": false, "valid_until": "2026-05-17T15:00:00+00:00", "publication_time": "2026-05-16T15:00:00+00:00"}, "danger_patterns": []}