Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 02/02/2016 12:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
02/02/2016 |
Time: |
12:00 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
MD |
| Grid: |
984042 |
Alt: |
800m |
Aspect: |
60° |
Incline: |
20° |
| Location: |
Below Fiachail Sneachda |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
0.0° |
Wind Dir: |
290° |
Wind Speed: |
30mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
8 - Snow |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
155cm |
| Foot Pen: |
30cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
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: |
33003300 |
| Comments: |
Very scoured landscape - accumulations only in very wind sheltered places |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 4 |
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0.50 |
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| 34 |
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0.50 |
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| 38 |
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1.00 |
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N/A |
| 70 |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-0.7 |
| 10 |
-0.7 |
| 20 |
-0.6 |
| 30 |
-0.4 |
| 40 |
-0.1 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
