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Avalanche warning for region Vest-Finnmark Saturday 08.04.2023

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions. Rain can cause some naturally released wet avalanches early in the day. In the alpine, use caution in areas with recently formed storm slabs. There are also persistent weak layers deeper in the snow pack, but these seems in general hard to trigger.
  • The danger is greatest until Saturday afternoon

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Loose snow

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
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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 7. April 2023

I fjellet er det kommet endel nysnø. Denne er sannsynligvis vindpåvirket i ulik grad. I lavlandet er snøoverflaten våt eller fuktig av mildværet tidligere i uken og siste døgns regn.

Kantkornlaget under mildværsskare fra begynnelsen av mars er fortsatt intakt, men stort sett vanskelig å påvirke. 

I skredsyklusen forrige uke gikk det mange store og svært store naturlig utløste skred, mest i sør-, sørøst og sørvestvendte heng.
I mildværet torsdag gikk det flere skred i sørvendt solutsatt terreng, blant annet et middels stort skred over vei nord for Skillefjord.

Mountain weather

Friday 7. April 2023

7-10 mm precipitation. Rain up to 500 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Breeze from south, changing to strong breeze from the west during the evening. -7 °C to 1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Saturday 8. April 2023

2-6 mm precipitation. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l during renoon. Strong breeze from west, changing to breeze from the west during renoon. -4 °C to 0 °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

Nedbør som regn først på dagen, gir fare for naturlig utløste våte løssnøskred under mildværsgrensa. Vær forsiktig i bratt terreng, og hold avstand til terreng under skavler.

Over mildværsgrensa kan nysnø og vind ha dannet ferske fokksnøflak. Disse kan være lette å påvirke mens været står på, men vil stabilisere seg relativt fort i de milde temperaturene.

Det finnes også vedvarende svake lag dypere i snødekket, men disse virker for tiden å være vanskelig å påvirke.
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