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Avalanche warning for region Helgeland Monday 17.01.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Unstable conditions. Avoid lee areas in the alpine which have received significant wind loading in the past days.

Avalanche problems

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

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

Sunday 16. January 2022

30 mm precipitation, up to 40 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 800 m a.s.l Sunday night. Gale from southwest, changing to strong gale from the west. -9 °C to -1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Monday 17. January 2022

5-9 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Moderate gale from northwest, changing to fresh breeze from the west during the evening. -12 °C to -5 °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

Skredfaren er tilknyttet ferske fokksnøflak fra det siste døgnet. Pågående kraftig vind gjør at store skred kan fortsatt løsne av seg selv.
Problemet ventes å være størst tidlig på dagen og vil avtar noe når vinden roer seg. De mest utsatte område er de som fikk mest nedbør som snø på søndag.

I lavlandet hvor snødekke ble utsatt for mildvær i går ventes det raskt stabilisering med kaldere vær.

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