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 |
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1.00 |
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5 |
ES @ 5 |
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2.00 |
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11 |
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2.00 |
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15 |
E shear @ 15cm |
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2.50 |
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28 |
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1.00 |
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31 |
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1.50 |
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33 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
83 |
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2.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-4.3 |
10 |
-2.6 |
20 |
-2.0 |
30 |
-1.1 |
40 |
-0.1 |
50 |
0.0 |
60 |
0.0 |
70 |
0.0 |
80 |
0.0 |
90 |
0.0 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |