Snow Profile - Lochaber 27/03/2015 12:00:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 27/03/2015 Time: 12:00 Area: Lochaber Obs: GM/KM
Grid: 192740 Alt: 1190m Aspect: 90° Incline: 45°
Location: Aonach Mor

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -2.1° Wind Dir: 270° Wind Speed: 30mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 6 - Snow Showers Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: -1cm
Foot Pen: 15cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -2.1° Summit Wind Dir: 269° Summit Wind Speed: 20mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable + Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Easy shear at 21cm

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
5 * * 1.00 * *
10 * * 1.00 * *
12 * * 0.00 * N/A
21 * * 1.00 * *
54 * * 0.50 * *
61 * * 0.00 * N/A
100 * * 2.00 * N/A

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