Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 27/03/2015 11:45:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 27/03/2015 Time: 11:45 Area: Northern Cairngorms Obs: KG/AB
Grid: 997043 Alt: 1000m Aspect: 40° Incline: 28°
Location: Chais Ridge

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 0.0° Wind Dir: 240° Wind Speed: 15mph Cloud 50%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 255cm
Foot Pen: 18cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.5° Summit Wind Dir: -1° Summit Wind Speed: -1mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable + Avalanche Code: 0
Comments:

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.9 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
11 * * 1.00 * *
21 Fail @ 13cm * * 0.50 * *
30 * * 0.50 * *
33 fail @ 32 * * 0.50 * *
60 * * 2.00 * *
70 * * 2.00 * *

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