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Avalanche warning for region Nordenskiöld Land Tuesday 16.01.2024

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

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Strong wind can form new windslabs. Avoid areas with wind deposited snow. It can be present in several aspects. Skiers can trigger medium size avalanches. There is also persistent weak layers in all aspects that are generally harder to trigger, but they can lead to large avalanches.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

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

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)

Tuesday 16. January 2024

Sterk vind, særleg frå nord har flytta snø i terrenget. Store områder er avblåst, medan det er mykje fokksnø i leområder. Særleg ved havnivå og i dei store dalane som går i aust-vest retning er snøen ujevnt fordelt. Meir snø og jevnare snøfordeling dess høgare ein kjem.

Det finst fleire lag av kantkorn i snøen og også begerkrystallar ved bakken.

Mountain weather

Monday 15. January 2024

Little to no precipitation. Breeze from northeast, changing to moderate gale from the northeast during renoon. -31 °C to -24 °C at 700 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 16. January 2024

No precipitation. Strong breeze from northeast, changing to moderate gale from the east during the evening. -35 °C to -28 °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

Sterk vind kan føre til at det vert danna fersk fokksnø i leområder. Dette er avhengig av kor mykje laussnø som finst og kan flyttast på. Medan vinden er på det sterkaste kan skred løysne naturleg. Frå tidlegare finst det også ustabil fokksnø i leområder i fleire hengretningar.

Kantkornlag lengre ned i snødekket er generelt vanskeleg å påverke. Men viss det går skred på desse laga så kan dei bli store. Vær særleg forsiktig på tynt snødekke der det er lettast å påverke desse laga.
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