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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Saturday 15.02.2020

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

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Strong winds and a rapid temperature increase at night will increase the avalanche danger, especially when the wind speed is at its highest. The most prominent avalanche problems are wind slabs at higher altitudes and wet snow at lower altitudes.

Avalanche problems

Wet 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).

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 or even kill you (size 2).

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)

Friday 14. February 2020

Snøoverflata er prega av mykje fersk vindpåvirka snø. Dette har gitt både tydelege fokksnøflak, skavlar, avblåste rygger og område med ubunden snø der vinden ikkje har fått tak.

Under siste vekes nysnø er det skare og smelteomdanna snødekke. Det ligg nysnø omtrent til havnivå og skiføre frå om lag 400 moh.

Fredag morgon er det lite vind og temperaturar ned mot 0 grader ved havnivå. Det er -8 grader på Røldalsfjellet Elvershei (1390 moh).

Mountain weather

Friday 14. February 2020

10 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Breeze from east, changing to moderate gale from the south during the evening. -11 °C to -6 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Saturday 15. February 2020

10 mm precipitation, up to 25 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from southwest, changing to gale from the south during the evening. -8 °C to -2 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Partly 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

Store variasjonar i vêret gjennom døgnet gir krevjande skredtilhøve i løpet av laurdag. Kraftig vind natt til laurdag kan gje ustabile fokksnøflak i heng mot N tidleg på dagen. Når nedbøren kjem på ettermidagen og temperaturen stig vil våte skred bli hovudproblemet. Dei våte skreda kan løysast ut naturleg både som flak eller laussnøskred.
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