Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 26/01/2015 13:30:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
26/01/2015 |
Time: |
13:30 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS |
| Grid: |
459898 |
Alt: |
800m |
Aspect: |
60° |
Incline: |
30° |
| Location: |
Cairn Liath |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
80% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
200cm |
| Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
270° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
36mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
N/A |
| Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.2 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 10 |
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1.00 |
 |
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| 20 |
some graupel |
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1.00 |
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N/A |
| 40 |
shear 38 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| 42 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| 50 |
Not to GL |
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2.00 |
 |
N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-3.5 |
| 10 |
-3.0 |
| 20 |
-2.6 |
| 30 |
-2.0 |
| 40 |
-1.2 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
