Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 25/03/2015 12:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
25/03/2015 |
Time: |
12:15 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
MD CB |
| Grid: |
995013 |
Alt: |
1037m |
Aspect: |
60° |
Incline: |
30° |
| Location: |
Feith Buidhe |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-0.5° |
Wind Dir: |
180° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
50% |
| Precip Code: |
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Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
195cm |
| Foot Pen: |
10cm |
Ski Pen: |
4cm |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.5° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
170° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
2021 |
| Comments: |
Surface sloughs observed on Easterly aspect at 1000 metres and on Northerly aspect at 1100m later in the day. Significant snow had fallen overnight greatly improving plateau cover. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 4
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 10 |
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2.00 |
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| 44 |
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1.00 |
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| 63 |
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0.50 |
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| 90 |
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0.50 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
0.0 |
| 10 |
0.0 |
| 20 |
0.0 |
| 30 |
0.0 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
| 80 |
0.0 |
| 90 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
