Snow Profile - Glencoe 13/04/2016 11:15:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 13/04/2016 Time: 11:15 Area: Glencoe Obs: PM
Grid: 254505 Alt: 950m Aspect: 40° Incline: 36°
Location: Meall a Bhuiridh

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -0.8° Wind Dir: 60° Wind Speed: 17mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 2 - Trace Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 60cm
Foot Pen: 2cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.0° Summit Wind Dir: 60° Summit Wind Speed: 25mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Low Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: None

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
1 * * 0.50 * *
7 * * 1.00 * *
22 * * 1.50 * N/A
39 * * 2.00 * *

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