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Avalanche warning for region Voss Wednesday 13.03.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions due to wind slabs in lee areas. Persistent weak layers may exist, and may also be triggered where the snow cover is thin.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

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

Buried weak layer of new 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)

Tuesday 12. March 2019

Siste ukes snø har stort sett gode bindinger til underlaget. Vind tirsdag gir fokksnøflak i nord og vestsider.

Det gamle snødekket ble kraftig gjennomfuktet av mildvær høyt til fjells i slutten av februar.

Overflaterim kan ha snødd ned og i noen heng er dette et svakt lag som skred kan løsne på.

I naboregionene finnes det skarelag i snødekket og det er observert kantkorn rundt disse.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 12. March 2019

12 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from southeast, changing to gale from the southeast during renoon. -10 °C to -4 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Wednesday 13. March 2019

4-6 mm precipitation. Fresh breeze from southeast, changing to calm/light breeze from the north Wednesday night. -10 °C to -2 °C at 1100 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

Skredproblem av fokksnø fornyes noe med fortsatt sterk vind. Etter hvert som vinden avtar utover dagen, vil skredproblemet stabilisere seg.

I naboregionene er det observert kantkorn over skarelag, men i Voss har vi ikke bekreftelse på at det er utviklet. Om det skulle være kantkorn i forbindelse med et skarelag også i Voss, vil trygg ferdsel i fjellet avhenger av at du kan håndtere dette.
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