Avalanche bulletin - Eyjafjörður (experimental) 
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Wed Jan 22
Moderate danger -
Thu Jan 23
Moderate danger -
Fri Jan 24
Moderate danger
Considerable new snow accumulated in the last days and unstable windslabs likely after NE and E snowstorm in high elevations where wind blew but in places in the forecasting area it snowed in calm wind.
Avalanche problems in the area
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HeightAbove 500 m.
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Probability
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Size
Windslabs in higher elevations.
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Type
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HeightAll heights
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Widely in the forecasting area there was little or no wind in the snowstorm this weekend.
Snow layers and snow cover
Considerable new snow accumulated in the last few days. Where wind was strong unstable windslabs are likely in westerly aspects. Considerable new snow accumulated in the west part of the forecasting area in calm wind and is soft and loose. A snowpit from Hlíðarfjall (21.01) showed no fracture with ECTP and a stable temperature gradient in to the firn below.
Recent avalanches
No reports of recent avalanches.
Weather forecast
Light wind, dry and frost on Wednesday and Thursday, but stiffer easterly wind in Thursday evening, starts to snow in mountains but likely rain or sleet in lower elevations the night before Friday.
