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Avalanche warning for region Finnmarkskysten Wednesday 04.05.2022

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Avoid areas with fresh wind slabs. Naturally released avalanches can occur in steep sun-exposed terrain. Persistent weak layers have developed a few places but doesn’t seem to be a problem most places.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Buried weak layer of new snow

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)

Tuesday 3. May 2022

Den siste tida har det kome mykje nysnø. Mengdene varierer, men enkelte stadar har det kome mellom 30-40 cm nysnø den siste veka. Snøen er påverka av vind fleire stadar, og hardheit og utbreiing av fokksnø varierer etter kor mykje vinden har tatt. I skjerma områder kan det framleis vere ubunden snø.

I overgangen mellom gamal fuktig snø og nyare tørr snø har det danna seg eit skarelag. Høg temperaturgradient gjer at det lokalt kan ha danna seg kantkorn rundt dette, men dette er ikkje stadfesta.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 3. May 2022

4-7 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Fresh breeze from north, changing to strong breeze from the northwest during the evening. -10 °C to -6 °C at 700 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 4. May 2022

3 mm precipitation, up to 9 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Strong breeze from northwest, changing to breeze from the northwest during renoon. -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

Skred kan løysast ut i fersk fokksnø. Lettast vil det vere å løyse ut skred på starten av dagen når det er snøfokk.
Lokalt kan det også finnast eit vedvarande svakt lag mellom smelteomvandla snø og tørr finkorna snø. Om det finst kan skred vere lettare å løyse ut og bli større enn om slike lag er fraværande.
Om sola kjem fram mellom bygene kan enkelte mindre skred losne av seg sjølv.
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