Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 04/02/2016 11:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: | 04/02/2016 | Time: | 11:15 | Area: | Southern Cairngorms | Obs: | SN |
| Grid: | 161770 | Alt: | 950m | Aspect: | 30° | Incline: | 28° |
| Location: | Coire Fionn, Glas Maol | ||||||
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: | 0.0° | Wind Dir: | 270° | Wind Speed: | 15mph | Cloud | 100% |
| Precip Code: | 2 - Trace | Drift(Y/N): | N | Total Snow Depth: | 175cm | ||
| Foot Pen: | 18cm | 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: | Moderate | Avalanche Code: | 4400 |
| Comments: | Highly variable snowpack in terms of depth of unstable surface layers and rate of consolidation within the snowpack. | ||||
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.2 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth | Comments | F | F2 | E | R | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thin M/F crust |  |
 |
3.00 |  |
 |
| 6 | easy shear @6cm |  |
 |
2.00 |  |
 |
| 39 | mod shear @39cm |  |
|
1.50 |  |
|
| 40 | |
|
2.00 |  |
|
|
| 70 |  |
|
2.00 | |
|
|
| 95 | |
|
2.00 | |
|
|
| 100 |  |
|
3.00 |  |
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