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Avalanche warning for region Helgeland Sunday 14.04.2024

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

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At high elevations there may be fresh, reactive windslabs. At lower elevations small wet avalanches are the main problem.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab 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)

Buried weak layer of new snow

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)

Saturday 13. April 2024

Snødekket er fuktet av siste dagers høye temperaturer til minst 1000 moh. I lavlandet er det lite snø uten lagdeling. Det er store lokale forskjeller i nysnøgrensen i regionen.
På de alle høyeste toppene finnes det trolig tørrsnø som er preget av vind.

Før mildværet viste snøprofiler at det fantes kantkorn under skarelag i toppen av snødekket. Dette problemet er trolig blitt nøytralisert av regn og mildvær de siste dagene.

Mountain weather

Saturday 13. April 2024

10 mm precipitation, up to 25 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1300 m a.s.l during renoon. Fresh breeze from south, changing to strong breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -3 °C to 2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 14. April 2024

3-7 mm precipitation. Rain up to 400 m a.s.l Sunday night. Fresh breeze from southwest, changing to fresh breeze from the northwest during renoon. -6 °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

I fjellet kan det komme litt nysnø søndag. Der vinden flytter nysnøen, kan det danne seg små nysnøflak som er lette å påvirke. Men det er sannsynligvis ikke gamle ustabile lag som kan påvirkes dypere i snødekket lengre. Der snøoverflata er våt vil det være lett å løse ut små løssnøskred i bratt terreng. Unngå opphold under bratte svaberg og steder hvor glideskred kan forekomme.
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