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 |
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0.50 |
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3 |
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0.00 |
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23 |
Mod, clean shear @ 21 |
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1.00 |
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41 |
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0.50 |
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61 |
Mod clean shear @58cm |
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0.50 |
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80 |
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3.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-0.1 |
10 |
-0.1 |
20 |
-0.7 |
30 |
-1.5 |
40 |
-1.7 |
50 |
-1.7 |
60 |
-1.5 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |