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Avalanche warning for region Finnmarkskysten Saturday 27.02.2021

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions. A skier or a snow mobile may trigger avalanches in the fresh wind slabs, while persistent weak layers deeper in the snow in general is hard to trigger.

Avalanche problems

Persistent weak layer (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). Remote triggering is possible.

Buried weak layer of faceted snow beneath a crust

Wind drifted 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).

Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited 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)

Friday 26. February 2021

Sterk vind fra forskjellige retninger har gitt et generelt hardt snødekke av fokksnø. De mest vindutsatte terrengformasjonene er avblåst med mye oppstikkende stein. I skjermede terrengformasjoner kan det være mykere snø.

Det finnes vedvarende svake lag av kantkorn og begerkrystaller. Dette finnes enten ved bakken, i forbindelse med skare eller i lag under fokksnøen.

Mountain weather

Friday 26. February 2021

8 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from west, changing to moderate gale from the northwest during renoon. -5 °C to -2 °C at 700 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Saturday 27. February 2021

2 mm precipitation, up to 7 mm in the most exposed areas. Fresh breeze from northwest, changing to fresh breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -9 °C to -5 °C at 700 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

Det er mulig å løse ut skred på vedvarende svake lag i snødekket. Siden snøoverflaten i hovedsak er hard så skal det litt til for å påvirke de svake lagene, men om en gjør det kan skred bli store. Det er lettest å løse ut skred der snødekket er tynt og/eller myk overflate, men det er også mulig andre steder. Skred kan også fjernutløses. Gunstig temperatur gjør at det skal mer til for å løse ut skred i fokksnøen. Unngå ferdsel i skredterreng.
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