Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 26/01/2015 12:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
26/01/2015 |
Time: |
12:00 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
MD |
| Grid: |
014052 |
Alt: |
1070m |
Aspect: |
60° |
Incline: |
33° |
| Location: |
Cnap Coire na Spreidhe |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Wind Dir: |
240° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
80% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
350cm |
| Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-5.6° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
259° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
56mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
weak new slab but localised. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.7 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 8 |
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0.50 |
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| 17 |
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1.00 |
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| 39 |
fail at 36 on / sz2 |
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0.00 |
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| 45 |
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0.50 |
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| 50 |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-3.7 |
| 10 |
-3.4 |
| 20 |
-3.2 |
| 30 |
-2.8 |
| 40 |
-1.1 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
| 80 |
0.0 |
| 90 |
0.0 |
| 100 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
