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Avalanche warning for region Ofoten Monday 30.12.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
General unstable conditions. Wet avalanches are expected. In the mountains where precipitation falls as snow, avoid new and fresh stormslabs.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted 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).

Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited snow

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily 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
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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)

Sunday 29. December 2019

Snødekket er endra etter mildvêret søndag. Det forventast at snøoverflata opp til mildvêrsgrensa stort sett er smelteomvandla, og at det finst store fokksnøansamlingar i leområder i høgfjellet.

Søndag vert det observert kraftig snøfokk i fjellet ved Narvik

Mountain weather

Sunday 29. December 2019

20 mm precipitation, up to 35 mm in the most exposed areas. Moderate gale from southwest. -5 °C to 2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Monday 30. December 2019

10 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Moderate gale from southwest, changing to strong breeze from the northeast during the afternoon. -7 °C to 0 °C at 1100 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

Nysnøgrensa synker og vi får eit skredproblem med fersk fokksnø i dei høgareliggande områda der nedbøren kjem som snø. I låglandet kan det framleis gå naturleg utløyste våte snøskred, men mesteparten av dei våte skreda gjekk mest truleg under mildvêret søndag.
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