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Avalanche warning for region Heiane Sunday 24.03.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Wind and fresh snow may give instable conditions. Be careful in lee areas with wind deposited snow, typically behind ridges, ribs and in gullies. Especially where the wind deposited slabs are thin or soft, a slab avalanche is easier to trigger there. Especially avoid convex terrain.

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
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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)

Saturday 23. March 2019

Snødekket er preget av høye temperaturer torsdag og fredag med plussgrader og regn til fjelltopphøyde. Det er fortsatt lagdelt snø i høyfjellet. Snøgrensa ligger på ca 400 moh.

Torsdag er det registrert flere våte middels store skred.

Lørdag er snøgrensa på ca 500 moh i regionen. På Blåsjø (1105 moh) blåser det stiv kuling fra SV.

Mountain weather

Saturday 23. March 2019

12 mm precipitation, up to 25 mm in the most exposed areas. Moderate gale from west, changing to gale from the west during the afternoon. -4 °C to -1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 24. March 2019

20 mm precipitation, up to 40 mm in the most exposed areas. Moderate gale from west, changing to fresh breeze from the northwest during the evening. -4 °C to -1 °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

Det har dannet seg store nysnøflak i løpet av lørdag og søndag. Disse trenger tid på å stabilisere seg. Flakene kan løses at av en skiløper og noen kan bli stor (str. 3). Det er også ventet at skred kan løses ut naturlig. Skredfaren er høyest tidlig på dagen og ferdsel i høyfjellet er fortsatt krevende.
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