Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 25/12/2014 12:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
25/12/2014 |
Time: |
12:15 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
TR & OR |
| Grid: |
459882 |
Alt: |
800m |
Aspect: |
92° |
Incline: |
33° |
| Location: |
NE ridge Sron a Ghoire |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Wind Dir: |
360° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
0% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
N |
Total Snow Depth: |
71cm |
| Foot Pen: |
53cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
360° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
8mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
| Comments: |
Easy shears on yesterday's graupel |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 21 |
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3.00 |
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| 23 |
Easy shear |
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3.00 |
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| 44 |
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3.00 |
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| 51 |
Inconclusive shear |
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3.00 |
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| 71 |
Not to ground |
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1.50 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-3.7 |
| 10 |
-2.4 |
| 20 |
-2.0 |
| 30 |
-0.7 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
| Temperature °C |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
