Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 02/03/2015 11:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
02/03/2015 |
Time: |
11:00 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
AC |
| Grid: |
458883 |
Alt: |
700m |
Aspect: |
95° |
Incline: |
29° |
| Location: |
East face of Sron a'Ghoire |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-1.7° |
Wind Dir: |
250° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
95cm |
| Foot Pen: |
30cm |
Ski Pen: |
7cm |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
245° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
40mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
High |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Heavy drifting taking place on North to South-East slopes |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.4 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 18 |
easy shear with layer below |
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1.00 |
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| 29 |
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1.00 |
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| 56 |
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1.00 |
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| 69 |
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1.00 |
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| 95 |
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2.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-0.8 |
| 10 |
-1.1 |
| 20 |
-0.9 |
| 30 |
-0.5 |
| 40 |
-0.3 |
| 50 |
-0.1 |
| 60 |
-0.1 |
| 70 |
-0.1 |
| 80 |
-0.1 |
| 90 |
-0.1 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
