Snow Profile - Glencoe 14/04/2015 11:38:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 14/04/2015 Time: 11:38 Area: Glencoe Obs: PM
Grid: 213543 Alt: 850m Aspect: 50° Incline: 30°
Location: Buachaille Etive Mor

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 4.9° Wind Dir: 300° Wind Speed: 23mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 60cm
Foot Pen: 15cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): Y

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: 4.0° Summit Wind Dir: 225° Summit Wind Speed: 39mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable + Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 8800
Comments: Rain soaked snowpack

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
7 * * 2.50 * *
21 * * 2.00 * *
48 * * 2.00 * *
60 * * 2.00 * *

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