Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 12/04/2016 12:10:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
12/04/2016 |
Time: |
12:10 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
TR |
| Grid: |
432880 |
Alt: |
740m |
Aspect: |
10° |
Incline: |
32° |
| Location: |
Easy Gully. Coire Ardair. |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
4.0° |
Wind Dir: |
90° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
95% |
| Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
N |
Total Snow Depth: |
80cm |
| Foot Pen: |
23cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
1.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
90° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
29mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Low |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Re-frozen thin crust over old wet grains above 950m, moist but stable coarse-grained snow at lower altitudes. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 1 |
V. thin melting crust |
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0.00 |
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| 17 |
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3.00 |
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| 63 |
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4.00 |
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| 68 |
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3.00 |
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| 80 |
NTG |
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4.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-0.1 |
| 10 |
-0.1 |
| 20 |
-0.1 |
| 30 |
-0.1 |
| 40 |
-0.1 |
| 50 |
-0.1 |
| 60 |
-0.1 |
| 70 |
-0.1 |
| 80 |
-0.1 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
