Snow Profile - Lochaber 02/05/2015 12:44:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
02/05/2015 |
Time: |
12:44 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BF |
| Grid: |
189743 |
Alt: |
1050m |
Aspect: |
340° |
Incline: |
20° |
| Location: |
Top of Goose, Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-1.0° |
Wind Dir: |
160° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
135cm |
| Foot Pen: |
15cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
160° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Moderate shears at 11cm and 25cm |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.8 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
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1.00 |
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| 11 |
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0.50 |
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| 25 |
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0.50 |
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| 40 |
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3.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-1.3 |
| 10 |
-1.6 |
| 20 |
-0.8 |
| 30 |
-0.3 |
| 40 |
-0.1 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
