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Avalanche warning for region Vest-Telemark Sunday 30.05.2021

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
High temperatures may result in natural avalanche activity. Avlanches could also be triggered by skiers. The avlanche activity are increasing during the day.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some 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

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 29. May 2021

Snødekket er stort sett smelteomvandla utan lagdelingar. Unntaket er nokre observerte islag i snøen. Det byrjar å bli lite snø og det er få områder igjen med skiføre i regionen. I sørvendte fjellsider under 1100 moh er det lite snø igjen.

Mountain weather

Saturday 29. May 2021

No precipitation. Breeze from northwest. 2 °C to 18 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Clear skies.

Sunday 30. May 2021

No precipitation. Calm/light breeze from north. 4 °C to 20 °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

Høge temperaturar gjer at snøoverflata vert mjuk og laus, og det kan vere lett for skiløparar og løyse ut våte skred i overflata. Faren for dette er høgast på ettermiddagen når temperaturen er høgast. Skred kan også løysne naturleg pga. temperatutauken. Mest utsatt for dette er dei høgaste toppane (særleg Gaustatoppen) der det kom noko nysnø onsdag.

Ver merksam på at det også kan løysne glideskred i områder der det ligg snø på bratte svaberg.
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