Snow Profile - Lochaber 12/02/2016 11:45:00
Go Back
How to interpret snow profiles
SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
12/02/2016 |
Time: |
11:45 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BM |
| Grid: |
192731 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
315° |
Incline: |
35° |
| Location: |
Aonach Mor, West face |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-5.1° |
Wind Dir: |
90° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
50% |
| Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
40cm |
| Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-5.9° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
135° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
2012 |
| Comments: |
Small human triggered avalanches on West aspect at 1200 metres and on North aspect at 780 metres. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.8 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 8 |
|
 |
 |
1.00 |
 |
 |
| 20 |
Easy failure at 17cm |
 |
|
0.50 |
|
 |
| 40 |
|
 |
|
2.00 |
 |
N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-5.2 |
| 10 |
-4.2 |
| 20 |
-2.4 |
| 30 |
-2.3 |
| Temperature °C |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Hand Hardness Data |
