Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 02/02/2016 12:45:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
02/02/2016 |
Time: |
12:45 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
TR |
| Grid: |
N/A |
Alt: |
750m |
Aspect: |
100° |
Incline: |
33° |
| Location: |
Balloon Gully. Coire Ardair |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-1.0° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
50mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
8 - Snow |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
67cm |
| Foot Pen: |
42cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-3.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
250° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
60mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
8800 |
| Comments: |
Heavy drifting above 650m all day. Rain below 550m. Ragged shears in near surface layers. Easier shears in colder deeper snow. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 2 |
Moist |
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1.00 |
 |
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| 17 |
Ragged shear mid layer |
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2.00 |
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| 21 |
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1.00 |
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| 37 |
Easy shear |
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2.00 |
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| 51 |
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1.00 |
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| 67 |
NTG |
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2.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-1.5 |
| 10 |
-2.0 |
| 20 |
-1.7 |
| 30 |
-1.2 |
| 40 |
-1.0 |
| 50 |
-0.6 |
| 60 |
-0.5 |
| 70 |
-0.5 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
