Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 29/03/2015 10:40:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
29/03/2015 |
Time: |
10:40 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
KG/AG |
Grid: |
002042 |
Alt: |
1080m |
Aspect: |
280° |
Incline: |
30° |
Location: |
Chais Headwall |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-1.7° |
Wind Dir: |
240° |
Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Cloud |
100% |
Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
55cm |
Foot Pen: |
6cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
-1° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
-1mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
fail @ 5cm. Graupel and small facceted grains |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.2 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 4
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
1 |
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0.00 |
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4 |
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1.00 |
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10 |
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1.00 |
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28 |
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1.00 |
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35 |
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0.00 |
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N/A |
55 |
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1.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-0.4 |
10 |
-0.2 |
20 |
-0.1 |
30 |
0.0 |
40 |
0.0 |
50 |
0.0 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |