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Avalanche warning for region Salten Friday 17.05.2019

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Solar radiation and high day temperatures may result in natural avalanche activity.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

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

Loose snow

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

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

Water pooling in/above snow layers

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)

Thursday 16. May 2019

I snøoverflata i fjellet finn ein no fokksnø etter bygevær frå NV i helga kombinert med tidvis kraftig vind.
Det gamle snødekket består i hovedsak av smelteomvandla snø.
Snøgrensa ligg på om lag 300 moh.

Det gamle snødekket under fokksnøen frå siste veke er gjennomfukta og utan kritske lagdelingar.

Mountain weather

Thursday 16. May 2019

1-3 mm precipitation. Breeze from southwest. -2 °C to 3 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Friday 17. May 2019

No precipitation. Breeze from northwest. -1 °C to 8 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Clear skies.

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

Framleis høge temperaturar kan føre til naturleg utløyste skred i snøen som kom i helga og tidlegare i veka. I sørvendte fjellsider vil også sola varme snødekket. Skred kan løysne både som våte laussnøskred og som flakskred i overgong mellom gammal snø og snøen som har kome siste veka. Mest utsatt er dei områda der det har blitt pålagra fokksnø siste veka.
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