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Avalanche warning for region Ofoten Wednesday 27.04.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
The fresh wind slabs are easily triggered. The avalanche danger will increase towards the evening when the wind and precipitation increase in intensity.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on many 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 26. April 2022

Med synkende temperatur har det kommet 5-15 cm med nysnø gradvis lavere i terrenget de siste dagene. Det gamle snødekket er fortsatt lagdelt, men er nå fuktig eller gjenfryst etter en mildværsperiode forrige uke.

I indre deler av regionen over 1000 moh. kan det fortsatt være vedvarende svake lag i snødekket, men det vurderes ikke til å være et aktivt skredproblem.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 26. April 2022

4-8 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Fresh breeze from northwest, changing to breeze from the northwest during the evening. -12 °C to -6 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 27. April 2022

8 mm precipitation, up to 18 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Breeze from west, changing to strong breeze from the west during the afternoon. -11 °C to -5 °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

Skredfaren øker, og det vil være lett for en skiløper å løse ut skred i den ferske vindtransporterte snøen. Bygevær gjør at det vil være lokale forskjeller i skredfaren innad i regionen, og skredfaren vil derfor være størst der det kommer mest nysnø og vind utover kvelden. Det er viktig å omstille seg fra ferdsel på våt vårsnø, tilbake til lagdelt vintersnø.

Hvis det blir klarvær og solinnstråling mellom bygene så kan skred løsne naturlig.
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