Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 04/02/2016 11:30:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 04/02/2016 Time: 11:30 Area: Creag Meagaidh Obs: BM
Grid: 445893 Alt: 700m Aspect: 90° Incline: 27°
Location: Coire a Chriochairein

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 2.0° Wind Dir: 130° Wind Speed: 5mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 4 - Light Showers Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 110cm
Foot Pen: 11cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): Y

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -0.7° Summit Wind Dir: 257° Summit Wind Speed: 20mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable + Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable + Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Weaknesses at 28cm and 60cm.

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
5 * * 2.00 * *
41 * * 0.50 * *
58 * * 1.00 * *
70 * * 2.00 * *

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