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Avalanche warning for region Finnmarkskysten Tuesday 14.12.2021

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions. A skier or a snow mobile may trigger avalanches in the fresh wind slabs. Larger avalanches can be triggered on some slopes where deeper weak layers are reacting to the new load.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab 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)

Buried weak layer of new snow

Persistent weak layer (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 faceted snow near surface
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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 13. December 2021

Det kom en dryss med nysnø i helga som ble pakket til myke flak, hovedsakelig i østlig sektor. Ellers er snøoverflaten over skoggrensen i stort sett avblåst eller vindpakket. De hardeste fokksnøflakene finner man i nordlige helninger. Under tregrensen kan det noen steder ligge ubunden snø over et skarelag.
Generelt er det tynt snødekke i regionen.

Kantkorn under harde fokksnøflak eller ned mot bakken har fått utvikle seg i det kalde været.

Søndag har det kommet rundt 10 cm nysnø i regionen.

Mountain weather

Monday 13. December 2021

2-4 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Breeze from northeast. -9 °C to -4 °C at 700 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Tuesday 14. December 2021

Little to no precipitation. Fresh breeze from southeast, changing to strong breeze from the south during the afternoon. -9 °C to -6 °C at 700 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

Fortsatt vind opptil kuling fører til pålagring av fokksnøflak i en del leheng. Disse vil det være lett for en skiløper å løse ut.

Det ligger harde fokksnøflak over et vedvarende svakt lag med kantkorn flere steder. Disse vil bli lettere å påvirke der fersk snø blir lastet inn av vind.

Eventuelle skred vil stort sett være små, men i større heng med vedvarende svake kantkornlag kan det ikke utelukkes at det kan løses ut middels store skred. Husk at selv små skred kan skade deg, særlig nå som det er mye oppstikkende steiner.
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