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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Thursday 04.04.2024

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Strong wind will give windslabs in lee areas. Keep distance to slopes where the strong wind deposits snow. It may be easy to trigger avalanches.

Avalanche problems

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).

Buried weak layer of new 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)

Wednesday 3. April 2024

Synkende temperaturer og nattefrost i fjellet gjør at den våte snøoverflaten fra påsken har frosset til. Lavere enn 1000 moh er det gamle snødekket fremdeles fuktig, selv om overflaten har frosset til. Det har smeltet en del snø i solsidene under 1000 moh.

I lavlandet er det lite snø etter mye mildvær i det siste. Det er sammenhengende skiføre fra ca 500 moh, men det varierer med himmelretning og hvor i regionen du er.


Onsdag er det observert innslag av kraftig snøfokk i høyden over ca 1100-1200 moh, men det er ikke allverdens av snø å flytte på for den sterke vinden.

Mountain weather

Wednesday 3. April 2024

3-4 mm precipitation. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l Wednesday night. Breeze from southeast, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the evening. -14 °C to -3 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Thursday 4. April 2024

5 mm precipitation, up to 10 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Moderate gale from southeast, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the evening. -12 °C to -7 °C at 1400 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

Økende vind og mer snø vil frakte det som finnes av tilgjengelig løs snø over i leområder. Hvor mye snø som er tilgjengelig for vinden vil variere fra sted til sted, men enkelte steder vil det samle seg så mye snø at det kan være lett å løse ut middels store skred i fokksnøen.
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