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Avalanche warning for region Romsdal Sunday 05.05.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Avoid areas where big amount of fresh snow has accumulated in the last days. Be extra conservative in route selection when visibility is poor.

Avalanche problems

New snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

Buried weak layer of new snow

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Loose snow

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)

Saturday 4. May 2019

Det har kommet store mengder nedbør siste dagene, som snø fra 0-200 moh. Sterk vind frå NV har lagt opp ferske flak i sørøstlige leområder.
Det eldre snødekket var for det meste smelte-omdannet, stabilt og fortsatt fuktig før siste dagers snøfall, I nordvendt terreng høyt til fjells finnes eldre lagdelinger nede i snødekket.

En antar nå at svakt lag kantkorn er blitt nøytralisert av varme og smelting.

Det er lørdag observert snøføyke i høyden fra Isfjorden og fersk vindtransportert snø.

Mountain weather

Saturday 4. May 2019

15 mm precipitation, up to 30 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from northwest, changing to strong breeze from the northwest during renoon. -8 °C to -3 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 5. May 2019

8 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from west, changing to breeze from the north during renoon. -8 °C to -3 °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

Fortsatt snøbyger og vind øker faren for skred i siste dagers ferske fokksnø-/ nysnøflak i østlige og sørøstlige himmelretninger i høyden. Disse kan være lett å løse ut som skiløper når de er ferske. Og store mengder nysnø siste dager gjør også at skredene kan bli store. Det forventes også noen middels våte løssnøskred i bratt terreng når dagen er på det varmeste
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