Snow Profile - Lochaber 22/12/2014 12:25:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 22/12/2014 Time: 12:25 Area: Lochaber Obs: BF/BM
Grid: 167718 Alt: 830m Aspect: 340° Incline: 25°
Location: Below SW ridge of Douglas Boulder, Ben Nevis

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 1.0° Wind Dir: 10° Wind Speed: 5mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 2 - Trace Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 62cm
Foot Pen: 15cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.0° Summit Wind Dir: 246° Summit Wind Speed: 42mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Weakness at 24cm

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
24 * * 3.00 * *
38 * * 5.00 * *
62 * * 4.00 * *

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