Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 15/12/2014 12:15:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 15/12/2014 Time: 12:15 Area: Creag Meagaidh Obs: TR
Grid: 454880 Alt: 840m Aspect: 90° Incline: 30°
Location: Bealach a Ghoire

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -3.0° Wind Dir: 270° Wind Speed: 15mph Cloud 50%
Precip Code: 6 - Snow Showers Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 83cm
Foot Pen: 30cm Ski Pen: 10cm Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -5.0° Summit Wind Dir: 260° Summit Wind Speed: 20mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable - Avalanche Code: 4400
Comments: Easy shears in near surface layers.

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.7 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
2 * * 1.00 * *
5 ES @ 5 * * 2.00 * *
11 * * 2.00 * *
15 E shear @ 15cm * * 2.50 * *
28 * * 1.00 * *
31 * * 1.50 * *
33 * * 2.00 * N/A
83 * * 2.00 * *

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