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Avalanche warning for region Nord-Troms Sunday 19.05.2024

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
Rain below 500 masl. and snow above can cause slab avalanches in higher elevations and glide avalanches in lower elevations. Keep also distance to cornices and cliffs. Be careful with weak snow bridges over creeks and rotten snow close to rocks.

Avalanche problems

New snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few 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

Glide avalanches

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

Wet snow/melting near the ground

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)

Saturday 18. May 2024

Snødekket er stort sett smelteomvandlet og fuktig etter regn og fravær av nattefrost tidligere denne uken.
Under og rundt skoggrensen er snøen delvis råtten og bekker har begynt å åpne seg.

På 700 moh. er skarelag blitt observert, men et isotermt snødekke gjør at dette er i ferd med å gå i oppløsning. Ved stor tilleggsbelastning som f.eks. skavlbrudd kan våte flakskred ikke utelukkes helt.

De siste dagene er skavelbrudd og noen våte løssnøskred blitt observert.

Mountain weather

Saturday 18. May 2024

2-3 mm precipitation. Precipitation as rain. Strong breeze from southwest. 0 °C to 7 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 19. May 2024

6-10 mm precipitation. Rain up to 300 m a.s.l during renoon. Breeze from west, changing to fresh breeze from the northwest during the evening. -7 °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

Det vil komme nedbør som snø over ca. 500 moh. Flakskred kan forekomme. Hold også god avstand til terreng under skavler og bratte klipper.
Der hvor nedbøren kommer som regn kan glideskred forekomme.

Vær forsiktig i råtten snø, særlig rundt fremstikkende steiner og med svake snøbruer over elver.
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