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Avalanche warning for region Heiane Friday 28.01.2022

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Increasing avalanche dager during the day. Be careful in lee areas with wind deposited snow, typically behind ridges, ribs and in gullies. Especially where the wind deposited slabs are thin or soft, a slab avalanche is easier to trigger there. Turning wind direction will cause avalanche problems in new directions.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

Buried weak layer of new snow

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

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)

Thursday 27. January 2022

Der det ligger sammenhengende snø består snøoverflaten hovedsakelig av vindpåvirket snø med varierende hardhet. Det gamle og stedvis beskjedne snødekket antas å være stabilt etter mildvær og gjenfrysing.

Det er generelt lite snø i regionen.

Mountain weather

Thursday 27. January 2022

30 mm precipitation, up to 50 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1200 m a.s.l Thursday night. Strong breeze from southwest, changing to gale from the northwest during renoon. -5 °C to 1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Friday 28. January 2022

15 mm precipitation, up to 30 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 700 m a.s.l during the evening. Fresh breeze from northwest, changing to strong breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -8 °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

På ettermiddagen vil økende nedbør og kraftig vind fra SV gi økende skredfare. Der den siste nedbøren kom som snø vil det være mye snø å flytte på og denne vil gi stor pålagring i nye hengretninger. Det vil være lett å løse ut store skred i utsatte heng.

Torsdagens fokksnøflak vil også trenge tid på å stabilisere seg. Det vil fortsatt være mulig å løse ut skred i heng som samlet snø fra nordvesten.

I lavere områder (der den siste nedbøren har kommet som snø) vil stigende temperatur og regn gi fare for våte skred utover ettermiddagen og kvelden.

Skredfaren er økende utover ettermiddagen og kvelden.
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