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Avalanche warning for region Indre Troms Monday 13.05.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Be careful in areas with fresh wind deposited snow in the mountains. At the highest peaks, windslabs can be weakly bound to the underlaying crust. Natural triggered wet avalanches can occur below the 0-isotherm.

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).

Buried weak layer of new snow

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

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

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)

Sunday 12. May 2019

I helga har det vore høge temperaturar og skiftande vêr med lange periodar med sol laurdag og mykje regn søndag. Snødekket består i all hovudsak av smelteomvandla snø, som i høgda har fryst til skare. På fjelltoppane vil det utover søndagen ha komme vindpåverka nysnø.

Høgt til fjells, særleg i nordsider kan det framleis vere vedvarande svake lag.

Laurdag vart det registrert nokre små våte laussnøskred ved Store Russelvtind.

Mountain weather

Sunday 12. May 2019

25 mm precipitation, up to 30 mm in the most exposed areas. Breeze from northwest, changing to strong breeze from the northwest during the afternoon. -3 °C to 2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Monday 13. May 2019

10 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Gale from west, changing to strong breeze from the west during the evening. -5 °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

Den kraftige nedbøren og vinden skal halde fram, men det skal bli kaldare. Dette gjer at det samlar seg store mengder med fokksnø i leområder mot aust, stadig lenger ned i fjellet. Det er lett for ein person og løyse ut skred i fokksnøen, og dette gjeld særleg i høgda der fokksnøen kan ligge på skare. Under mildvêrsgrensa kan det gå våte laussnø- og flakskred.
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