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Avalanche warning for region Jotunheimen Monday 20.05.2019

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
High temperature and rain elevate the danger of wet avalanches.

Avalanche problems

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

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches are relatively harmless to people, but can knock you off balance. Can be dangerous close to terrain traps. (size 1)

Loose 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)

Sunday 19. May 2019

Sist helg kom ein del nysnø, men denne har no fått varme og er i gradvis overgang mot grovkorna, men i skyggevendte områder meir finkorna enn grovkorna. Det eldre snødekket er i hovudsak grovkorna med god drenering, men i skyggevendte områder i høgda er det fortsatt ei viss lagdeling og skarelag som kan gi varierande drenering av smeltevatnet.

Det er registrert våte laussnøskred og mindre glideskred siste dagane

Mountain weather

Sunday 19. May 2019

2-4 mm precipitation. Breeze from east. 1 °C to 6 °C at 1800 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Monday 20. May 2019

4-8 mm precipitation. Breeze from east. 2 °C to 6 °C at 1800 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

Varme til topps og regn gir snøsmelting og vått snødekke. I høgda er det framleis delvis finkorna våt snø etter sist snøfall, og delvis lagdeling i det eldre snødekket. Dette kan hindra drenering av smeltevatn. Det kan medføre opphopning av vatn i snødekket og gi forhold for våte skred av middels storleik. Der det er sigesprekker er det forhold for glideskred.
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