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Avalanche warning for region Vest-Finnmark Sunday 24.04.2022

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Be careful in steep slopes with wet and loose snow and in areas with wind slabs at higher elevations.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches are relatively harmless to people, but can knock you off balance. Can be dangerous close to terrain traps. (size 1)

Loose snow

Wind drifted 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

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 23. April 2022

Nedbøren fredag kom som snø over ca 500-600 moh., under denne høyden er snøen våt eller gjenfrosset. Tidligere i uka gjorde mildvær den gamle snøoverflaten våt til fjelltopphøyde.

Dypere i snødekket finnes det vedvarende svake lag i forbindelse med skare. Dette har den siste tida vært vanskelig å påvirke.

Mountain weather

Saturday 23. April 2022

Little to no precipitation. Breeze from northwest, changing to fresh breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -7 °C to -1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 24. April 2022

3-6 mm precipitation. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l during renoon. Fresh breeze from west, changing to breeze from the northwest during the evening. -5 °C to -1 °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

Generelt stabile forhold, men fortsatt milde temperaturer og noe nedbør opprettholder muligheten for enkelte våte løssnøskred under mildværsgrensa. Over løssnøgrensa kan det dannes enkelte få og små fokksnøflak som kan være lette å løse ut, men disse stabiliseres relativt raskt i milde temperaturer.
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