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Avalanche warning for region Voss Wednesday 08.05.2019

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
Favorable conditions. Sun and rise of temperature can produce small wet avalanches.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few 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

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 7. May 2019

Det har vært høye temperatur i fjellet og mye avsmelting siden før påske. Kaldere værtype og noe nysnø siste dager. Snødekket består nå av igjenfrosne smelteformer med noe nysnø fra siste dager over. En må stort sett over ca 800 meter for å finne skiføre. Der hvor nysnøen legger seg på bar bakke smelter den fort.

Det kom søndag mellom 5-10 cm nysnø i regionen.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 7. May 2019

2-6 mm precipitation. Breeze from north. -7 °C to 0 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 8. May 2019

Little to no precipitation. Calm/light breeze from west, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the evening. -7 °C to 1 °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

Lite ny nedbør fører til at skredfaren holdes uendret. Skredproblemet er knyttet til enkelte små løssnøskred i bratt og solvendt terreng når dagen er på det varmeste. Der det ikke ligger snø fra tidligere vil nysnøen smelte på bakken.
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