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Avalanche warning for region Salten Saturday 23.03.2024

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
Generally safe travel conditions. Wind slabs formed on Friday will quickly stabilize, but can be triggered on high additional load.
Old persistent weak layers are still lingering, but hard to trigger.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches are relatively harmless to people, but can knock you off balance. Can be dangerous close to terrain traps. (size 1)

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)

Friday 22. March 2024

Tidligere har det vært mildt, men snøoverflaten fryser nå til de fleste stedene.

Ovenfor skoggrensen har kraftig vind fra sørvest omfordelt snøen. Utsatte områder er avblåst og leformasjoner har fokksnø av ulik hardhet. I skjermede formasjoner kan det finnes litt mykere snø.

Det er fortsatt svake lag tilsteder i snødekket, særlig over skoggrensen. Det er observert drønn de siste dagene, men det er ikke observert skredaktivitet i forbindelse med laget. Fredagens kraftige vind ventes å ha dannet sterke lag over dette problemet.

Mountain weather

Friday 22. March 2024

5 mm precipitation, up to 12 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 300 m a.s.l during renoon. Strong breeze from southeast. -6 °C to 0 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Saturday 23. March 2024

0 mm precipitation, up to 6 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Fresh breeze from southeast. -12 °C to -3 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Avalanche risk assessment

Snødekket er stabilt mange steder. Noen steder kan det være mulig å påvirke fokksnøen som var på flyttefot fredag, men det ventes en rask stabilisering.

Tidligere er det observert drønn fra små kantkorn, men det ventes en stabilisering rundt dette laget.
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