Snow Profile - Glencoe 28/01/2015 11:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
28/01/2015 |
Time: |
11:00 |
Area: |
Glencoe |
Obs: |
PH |
| Grid: |
193548 |
Alt: |
900m |
Aspect: |
80° |
Incline: |
35° |
| Location: |
Stob Coire Raineach |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-3.2° |
Wind Dir: |
320° |
Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Cloud |
80% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
45cm |
| Foot Pen: |
5cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
270° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
48mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Steep temp. gradient at interface of fresh snow with refrozen crust - might expect formation of depth hoar if this continues. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 2.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 4
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 4 |
steep temp. grad. |
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2.00 |
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| 12 |
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1.00 |
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| 45 |
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0.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-2.2 |
| 10 |
-0.1 |
| 20 |
0.0 |
| 30 |
0.0 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
