Snow Profile - Lochaber 16/12/2014 11:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
16/12/2014 |
Time: |
11:00 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BF |
| Grid: |
194733 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
110° |
Incline: |
15° |
| Location: |
Top of Spikes Gully, Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Wind Dir: |
280° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
10% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
240cm |
| Foot Pen: |
4cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
250° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
2011 |
| Comments: |
Easy shear at 25cm, Moderate shear at 46cm. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 2.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 13 |
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0.50 |
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| 25 |
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0.50 |
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| 49 |
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0.50 |
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| 65 |
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1.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-6.5 |
| 10 |
-4.5 |
| 20 |
-3.1 |
| 30 |
-2.2 |
| 40 |
-1.5 |
| 50 |
-0.9 |
| 60 |
-0.6 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
