Snow Cover
• Some snow drift • 0 cm • Wind slab (hard slab) • Dry • Hard surface, sporadic snow cover, very thin wind crust over soft layer.
Weather
• No precipitation • -8.9 °C • 3 m/s from NE ↙ • 90% clouds • Stable weather, temps between -5 and -10, no precip, light winds from NE, consistent for the last few days.
Snow Profile
• Persistent weak layer: thin layer, below slab, near surface
Avalanche Problems
• Dry slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow near surface • Within half a meter • The collapsing weak layer is thin < 3 cm. • Difficult to trigger • 1 - Small • Few steep slopes N, NE, NW above unknown masl • Possible to trigger weak faceting layer, not expected to be widespread on slopes. Snowpack is hard where thick and sporadic on slope.
Avalanche Danger Assessment
• North and Eastern facing aspects in Longyeardalen are not expected to pose any great avalanche danger unless conditions drastically change in the end of the season. Sporadic snow cover, hard wind packed snow which is hard to trigger and small cornices characterize these slopes. • Weather expected to be fairly stable the coming days. Some wind but no precip. • 2 Moderate • Forecast correct