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Avalanche warning for region Sør-Troms Wednesday 12.12.2018

Danger level 1 - Low avalanche danger

Published:
Use caution in areas with newly formed wind slab as they can be easy to trigger. The snowpack is still shallow and there are large regional differences in the amount of new snow.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can trigger avalanches on a few 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)

Tuesday 11. December 2018

Siste større snøfall var før helgen. Siden har det kortvarig vært kraftig vind som noen steder har dannet ustabile fokksnøflak. Snødekket er ujevnt fordelt med snø i forsenkninger og avblåst og tynt snødekke på rabber.

Enkelte steder kan det fortsatt ligge igjen noe løssnø. Det var store lokale forskjeller på mengden nysnø under snøfallet.

Klarvær og kulde kan ha gitt noe vekst av overfalterim i snøoverflaten.

Søndag er det observert noen drønn i snødekket pga enten nysnø eller overflaterim.

Mountain weather

Tuesday 11. December 2018

Little to no precipitation. Breeze from southeast, changing to fresh breeze from the southwest during the evening. -13 °C to -5 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Wednesday 12. December 2018

No precipitation. Fresh breeze from southwest, changing to strong breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -8 °C to -3 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly 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

Fokksnøen fra helgen ventes å ha stabilisert seg greit og det blir generelt vanskeligere å løse ut skred. Problemet ventes å være størst der snøen har samlet seg i forsenkninger.

Økende vind og stigende temperatur mot kvelden vil trolig øke skredfaren igjen.

Husk at tidlig på sesongen kan selv små skred få konsekvenser pga mye oppstikkende steiner.
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