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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Thursday 09.05.2019

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
Favorable conditions. At higher altitudes in the alpine, it might be easy to trigger small avalanches in the fresh storm slabs. Otherwise rain and mild temperaturer might lead to one or two small, wet avalanche.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches are relatively harmless to people, but can knock you off balance. Can be dangerous close to terrain traps. (size 1)

Buried weak layer of new snow
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Below you can see a description of the current snow cover information and current weather forecast in the mountains. If your observations deviate greatly from what is described here, the warning will not necessarily apply either. Always make your own judgments or stay away from avalanche terrain.

Snow cover (in Norwegian)

Wednesday 8. May 2019

Det er lite snø i regionen og kun sammenhengende skiføre enkelte plasser høyt til fjells. Snøoverflata består av igjenfrosne smelteformer med noe nysnø fra siste dager over. En må stort sett over 800 meter for å finne skiføre. Der hvor nysnøen legger seg på bar bakke smelter den fort.

I fjellet hadde det kommet 2-5 cm nysnø fra tirsdag til onsdag.

Mountain weather

Wednesday 8. May 2019

Little to no precipitation. Calm/light breeze from west, changing to fresh breeze from the east during the evening. -10 °C to -3 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Thursday 9. May 2019

8-10 mm precipitation. Strong breeze from east, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the afternoon. -7 °C to 0 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Advice

The bulletin is a planning tool and may differ from the actual situation. Always make your own evaluation. To be 100 % avalanche safe, avoid all avalanche terrain.

Avalanche risk assessment

Nysnø og kraftig vind fra Ø vil føre til at det legges opp fokksnø i leområder. Det kan være lett å løse ut skred i den ferske fokksnøen, men den er begrenset til få heng på de høyeste toppene.

Under mildværsgrensen ventes det gamle snødekket å tåle regnværet godt, men et og annet naturlig utløst vått skred kan ventes når temperaturen stiger utover dagen.
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