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Avalanche warning for region Salten Thursday 02.01.2020

Danger level 4 - High avalanche danger

Published:
There will be windslabs and high avalanche danger in the alpine areas. Natural releas of avalanches are expected. In the lower areas the avalanche danger is decreasing.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

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

Water pooling in/above snow layers

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can very easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a large truck or destroy several houses (size 4).

Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited 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 1. January 2020

Tysdag snødde det heilt ned til havnivå. Det forventast at nysnøen vert våt og smelteomvandla onsdag. Underliggande snødekke er smelteomvandla opp til omlag 500 moh. Etter mykje vind og nedbør siste dagar forventas det at det finst store fokksnøansamlingar i leområder i høgfjellet.

Mountain weather

Wednesday 1. January 2020

65 mm precipitation, up to 105 mm in the most exposed areas. Strong breeze from west, changing to gale from the southwest during the afternoon. -5 °C to 0 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Thursday 2. January 2020

45 mm precipitation, up to 60 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from southwest, changing to gale from the southwest during renoon. -3 °C to 2 °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

I høgfjellet vil store nedbørsmengder i form av snø kombinert med vind gje svært stor pålagring av fokksnø i leområder. Skred kan løysne av seg sjølv. Under nysnøgrensa vil regnvær gjere at det går naturleg utløyste skred i snøen som har lagt seg dei siste dagane, men etter regnvêret i går forventast det at skredaktivteten her er avtakande no, unnataket vil vere områder i fjellet som fekk snø onsdag, og der det regnar i nysnøen torsdag.
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