Snow Profile - Lochaber 26/02/2015 12:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
26/02/2015 |
Time: |
12:00 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BF/BM |
| Grid: |
169717 |
Alt: |
900m |
Aspect: |
80° |
Incline: |
20° |
| Location: |
Observatory Gully, Ben Nevis |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.1° |
Wind Dir: |
360° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
300cm |
| Foot Pen: |
10cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
228° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
45mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
2021 |
| Comments: |
Easy/Moderate shears 13cm and 34cm |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 27 |
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0.50 |
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| 32 |
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0.50 |
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| 34 |
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1.00 |
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N/A |
| 70 |
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2.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-2.1 |
| 10 |
-2.0 |
| 20 |
-1.3 |
| 30 |
-0.2 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
