Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 02/05/2015 11:45:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 02/05/2015 Time: 11:45 Area: Northern Cairngorms Obs: KG
Grid: 002048 Alt: 1020m Aspect: 300° Incline: 28°
Location: Coronation wall

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -1.0° Wind Dir: 120° Wind Speed: 15mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 4 - Light Showers Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 60cm
Foot Pen: 45cm Ski Pen: 4cm Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.0° Summit Wind Dir: -1° Summit Wind Speed: -1mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable - Avalanche Code: 3013
Comments: 3 avalanches on the headwall around midday. 2 triggered, one unknown. Shooting cracks underfoot at pit site

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
8 * * 0.50 * *
14 easy fail @ 9cm * * 1.00 * *
17 * * 1.00 * *
30 fail @ 24cm * * 1.00 * *
48 * * 1.00 * *
60 * * 1.00 * *

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