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Avalanche warning for region Svalbard sør Wednesday 16.03.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
High temperatures, strong winds and precipitation leads to high avalanche danger. Large natural avalanches are likely.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

Water pooling in/above snow layers

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

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.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 15. March 2022

15 mm precipitation, up to 30 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 400 m a.s.l during renoon. Strong breeze from southwest, changing to moderate gale from the southwest during the afternoon. -3 °C to 0 °C at 700 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Wednesday 16. March 2022

10 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l during renoon. Gale from southwest, changing to strong breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -5 °C to -1 °C at 700 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

Varselet er basert på et enklere datagrunnlag enn regionale varsler og utgis kun for faregrad 4 og 5.

Våte skred kan løsne av seg selv ettersom regn og mildvær svekker snødekket. Faren for våte skred minker noe når temperaturen synker, men våte skred er uforutsigbare og kan også løsne en stund etter at det har blitt kaldere.

I leområder over mildværsgrensa vil det danne seg ferske ustabile fokksnøflak. Enkelte svært store skred løsne av seg selv, særlig hvis vektene av fokksnøen fører til brudd i vedvarende svake lag dypere i snødekket.
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