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: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.9 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
11 |
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1.00 |
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21 |
Fail @ 13cm |
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0.50 |
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30 |
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0.50 |
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33 |
fail @ 32 |
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0.50 |
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60 |
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2.00 |
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70 |
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2.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-2.2 |
10 |
-2.5 |
20 |
-1.8 |
30 |
-0.9 |
40 |
-0.4 |
50 |
-0.3 |
60 |
-0.2 |
70 |
0.0 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |