Several stretches of road are closed on Monday morning due to the weather, and several roads are at risk of being closed. – If you are going a long way, you should calculate extra time, check that the roads are open, make sure you have enough fuel or batteries and have good tyres, is the call from Håvard Langmo, who is a traffic operator at Vegtrafikksentralen nord. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, landslides occurred both on county road 8018 between Nuvsvåg and Tverrfjorden and 882 between Tappeluft and Øksfjord, which still keeps the two sections of road closed in Finnmark. The Norwegian Road Administration expects to open at 12 noon on Monday. And there have been several landslides: County road 8830 Maribukt – Store Lerresfjord County road 882 Tappeluft and Øksfjord ferry dock County road 8018 Nuvsvåg – Tverrfjorden County road 8014 Sør-Tverrfjord – Sandland ROAD CLOSED: The road barrier is down and the road is closed on county road 8830 at Maribukt, here in the direction of Korsfjorden in Western Finnmark. There was an avalanche here on Sunday, and the road is still closed. Photo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration The avalanche warning system reports that there is the greatest danger in Finnmark from Monday evening. “There are generally unstable conditions. Naturally triggered wet avalanches are expected in the lowlands in the evening, while fresh and unstable flakes of fresh snow must be avoided in the high altitudes,” the website states. If you move further down the country, the degree of danger increases considerably. Here, too, the roads are affected and county road 7940 between Lauksundskaret in Skjervøy and Arnøyhamn is closed due to a snow avalanche. In the avalanche warning for Troms and Nordland, the danger level is up to 4 – great avalanche danger. “Change of weather! Naturally triggered landslides are expected due to rising temperatures and rain in the latter part of the day. New snow problem high in the mountains. Stay away from avalanche terrain,” says varsom.no. The greatest danger in these areas is from Monday afternoon. Change of weather After a cold period first in the north, then in the south, there is a change of weather in most of the country with temperature rises of up to 40 degrees in both the north and the south. In Bodø it can get up to 5 plus degrees, while Tromsø is reported to be 4. In Finnmark it stays a little cooler, with a variation of 0 degrees and down to minus 13 degrees. And with higher temperatures – the precipitation changes to the slightly wetter type. Throughout the day, there will be wind and rain throughout northern Norway. RAIN: A lot of rain is expected in large parts of northern Norway at the start of the week between Svolvær and Hammerfest. Photo: yr.no – Large parts of northern Norway are getting a real round of mild weather now, but Finnmark may escape the worst of it. That’s what meteorologist on duty Marek Ratajczak says. – There is a risk that there may be some freezing rain in other parts of both Finnmarksvidda and Vest-Finnmark. We have danger warnings today about both rain and ice on the roads, adds Ratajczak. The danger warning is currently yellow, and between Svolvær and Hammerfest reports expected local precipitation of 30-40 mm within 12 hours. From Monday morning to Tuesday evening, 70–90 mm of precipitation is locally expected in 24 hours between Nesna and Narvik in Nordland. In the most intense period, there will be 40-50 mm of rain in 12 hours, it is reported. Eastern Finnmark escapes the rain. – In the first instance, says meteorologist on duty Ratajczak. – The wind is decreasing, and then there will be a changing breeze and scattered snow showers for the next few hours, before it starts to increase from this afternoon to a south-easterly gale – and then the snowy weather from West Finnmark will come in to the east as well. – Take it easy There have already been several car recoveries in Troms and Nordland on Monday morning. At Ytteren i Rana, there has also been a traffic accident involving three cars. Håvard Langmo, traffic operator at Vegtrafikksentralen nord, urges road users to be careful and allow plenty of time. – We encourage road users to follow the traffic and weather reports today. People have to be prepared for longer journey times when it gets slippery, or if something happens that means there may be a wait. The change in weather has led to the center starting to receive reports of challenging driving conditions. – In Nordland, we are getting a number of reports that it has started to become slippery due to this change in weather, with a lot of rain. In Finnmark we have quite a bit of snow, but it is starting to open up – so I encourage you to check the traffic reports there. – Slow down, take it easy and show consideration in traffic, is the advice from the traffic operator. On Tuesday, it will return to slightly lower temperatures in most of Finnmark, while Troms and Nordland will keep the temperatures mostly throughout the week.
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Great avalanche danger in the north – several roads closed after snow drifts – news Troms and Finnmark
