Snow Profile - Lochaber 17/12/2014 12:45:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
17/12/2014 |
Time: |
12:45 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
GM |
| Grid: |
168972 |
Alt: |
700m |
Aspect: |
250° |
Incline: |
10° |
| Location: |
Ben Nevis |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
2.9° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
0 - None |
Drift(Y/N): |
N |
Total Snow Depth: |
56cm |
| Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
Y |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
0.4° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
245° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
2012 |
| Comments: |
Wet snowpack at all levels |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.2 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
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3.00 |
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| 11 |
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2.00 |
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| 19 |
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2.00 |
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| 25 |
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2.00 |
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| 56 |
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3.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
0.0 |
| 10 |
0.0 |
| 20 |
0.0 |
| 30 |
-0.2 |
| 40 |
-0.1 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
