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Avalanche warning for region Vest-Finnmark Tuesday 03.01.2023

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Complex conditions with several avalanche problems. Be especilally careful in areas where buried surface hoar can be hidden beneath fresh wind deposited snow. Where most snow have accumulated last days it might be harder to provoke danger signs from the weak layers, but if avalanches releases on this they can get big.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

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

Buried weak layer of new snow

Persistent weak layer (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3). Remote triggering is possible.

Buried weak layer of faceted snow beneath a crust
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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)

Monday 2. January 2023

I fjellet er det fortsatt mye svært vindpåvirket og hard romjulsnø, ispedd noe mykere nyttårsnø i skjermede formasjoner. I skogen er det mer ubunden snø. I lavlandet kan nedbøren de siste dagene ha kommet som sludd og fuktet snødekket noe.

I starten av desember ble kantkorn og rim danna nær toppen av snødekket. Dette ligger nå som vedvarende svake lag nede i snødekket, selv om de har vist mindre aktivitet de siste dagene. Laget er tilstede i de områdene som har hatt snø siden november.

Kraftig snøfokk i fjellet ble observert i nyttårshelgen.

Mountain weather

Monday 2. January 2023

5 mm precipitation, up to 10 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 300 m a.s.l during renoon. Strong breeze from west, changing to breeze from the northwest during the afternoon. -10 °C to -2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 3. January 2023

5 mm precipitation, up to 10 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Breeze from southwest, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the afternoon. -11 °C to -5 °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

Vind fra sørøst vil kunne danne fokksnøflak i nye leheng. Den gamle fokksnøen vil gradvis stabilisere seg, men kan fortsatt være mulig å påvirke.

De svake lagene finnes fortsatt i snøpakken, og skjerper situasjonen. Der det har lagt seg mye snø de siste dagene kan det potensielt være vanskeligere å få faretegn fra de svake lagene, men om skred først løsner på disse kan de bli store.
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