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Avalanche warning for region Salten Monday 02.12.2019

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Strong winds and heavy snow showers in the northern and inner part of the region gives considerable avalanche dager in this area. Avoid areas with wind deposited snow, typically behind ridges, ribs and in gullies.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

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

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)

Sunday 1. December 2019

Kraftig vind og mye snø har ført til stor vindtransport av snø over i leformasjoner. Dette gjelder særlig over tregrensen, men også i skogen er det rapportert om vindtransportert snø.

Der vinden har fått tak er overflaten hard og avblåst.

Under den nye fokksnøen består snødekket i hovedsak av hard, smelteomvandlet snø ispedd noen skarelag.

Mountain weather

Sunday 1. December 2019

15 mm precipitation, up to 35 mm in the most exposed areas. Gale from northwest. -11 °C to -4 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Monday 2. December 2019

8 mm precipitation, up to 15 mm in the most exposed areas. Moderate gale from northwest, changing to fresh breeze from the west during the afternoon. -9 °C to -4 °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 enkelte leområder, særlig i indre deler av regionen, kan det ha kommet en god del snø. Fortsatt kraftig vind fra samme retning som de siste dagene og mer nedbør i form av snøbyger, fører til ytterligere pålagring av snø.

Faren for større naturlig utløste skred var størst når været var på sitt mest intense, men det vil fremdeles være lett for skikjørere å løse ut skred i fokksnøen i de områdene der det kom mest snø. Her kan skredene bli store.
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