Snow Profile - Lochaber 03/05/2015 10:45:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
03/05/2015 |
Time: |
10:45 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BF |
| Grid: |
168718 |
Alt: |
830m |
Aspect: |
360° |
Incline: |
20° |
| Location: |
By Douglas Boulder, Ben Nevis |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
0.0° |
Wind Dir: |
140° |
Wind Speed: |
30mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
8 - Snow |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
250cm |
| Foot Pen: |
13cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
135° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
30mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
| Comments: |
Moderate shear at 25cm |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 2 |
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2.00 |
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| 25 |
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1.00 |
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| 40 |
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3.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
0.0 |
| 10 |
-0.1 |
| 20 |
-0.1 |
| 30 |
0.0 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
