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Avalanche warning for region Nord-Troms Sunday 20.03.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Generally unstable conditions. Wet avalanches are expected. In the mountains where precipitation falls as snow, avoid new and fresh wind slabs.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (slab avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

Water pooling in/above snow layers

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
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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)

Saturday 19. March 2022

Nedbør og mildvær siste dager har gjennomfuktet snødekket under tregrensa. Opp mot 800 moh er snøen fuktig i varierende grad, og over dette rapporteres det om tørr snø.

Det er observert kantkorn over ca. 500 moh både rundt mildværsskare fra 23. januar og fra slutten av februar. Det har ikke vært faretegn eller skredaktivitet fra disse lagene den siste tiden, men ved mildvær eller stor pålagring kan de vekkes til live igjen.

Noen våte løssnøskred observert over tregrensa ved Sorbmegaisa lørdag.

Lett snøfokk observert i høyden lørdag formiddag, og gjennomvåt snø under tregrensa.

Mountain weather

Saturday 19. March 2022

20 mm precipitation, up to 40 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 800 m a.s.l during renoon. Gale from southwest, changing to moderate gale from the west during the afternoon. -5 °C to 0 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Sunday 20. March 2022

8 mm precipitation, up to 15 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 800 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Fresh breeze from west, changing to moderate gale from the southwest during renoon. -4 °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

Tidlig på dagen regner det godt på snødekket under mildværsgrensa og store naturlig utløste flakskred kan forekomme.

Over mildværsgrensa fører fortsatt kraftig vind og nysnø til at det vil dannes ferske fokksnøflak, som i enkelte heng kan løsne naturlig.

Dersom gamle vedvarende svake lag vekkes til live kan det også gå enkelte svært store skred.
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