Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 04/03/2015 11:15:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 04/03/2015 Time: 11:15 Area: Creag Meagaidh Obs: AC/GS
Grid: 458876 Alt: 750m Aspect: 48° Incline: 34°
Location: East face of Sron a'Ghoire

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 2.5° Wind Dir: 325° Wind Speed: 10mph Cloud 20%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 240cm
Foot Pen: 39cm Ski Pen: 8cm Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -4.0° Summit Wind Dir: 285° Summit Wind Speed: 20mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: High Forecast aval. hazard: High Avalanche Code: 2011
Comments: Moderate shear at 39cm level

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
11 * * 1.00 * *
39 * * 1.00 * *
66 * * 1.00 * *
76 * * 1.00 * *
89 * * 1.00 * *
110 * * 2.00 * *

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