Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 26/02/2015 15:48:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 26/02/2015 Time: 15:48 Area: Southern Cairngorms Obs: PN
Grid: 136793 Alt: 880m Aspect: 30° Incline: 28°
Location: Carn Aosda

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -0.8° Wind Dir: 290° Wind Speed: 6mph Cloud 85%
Precip Code: 4 - Light Showers Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 300cm
Foot Pen: 2cm Ski Pen: 1cm Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.0° Summit Wind Dir: -1° Summit Wind Speed: -1mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable - Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Light snowfall. Snow still has layers in it. Possible debris in 2 carries but visibility to poor to confirm.

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.8 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 4

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
1 * * 0.50 * *
3 * * 0.00 * *
23 Mod, clean shear @ 21 * * 1.00 * *
41 * * 0.50 * *
61 Mod clean shear @58cm * * 0.50 * *
80 * * 3.00 * *

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