Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 14/04/2016 10:33:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 14/04/2016 Time: 10:33 Area: Southern Cairngorms Obs: SN
Grid: 227852 Alt: 1080m Aspect: 90° Incline: 20°
Location: The Stuic

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -0.8° Wind Dir: 340° Wind Speed: 10mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 300cm
Foot Pen: 10cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -1.4° Summit Wind Dir: 27° Summit Wind Speed: 32mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Localised cross-loaded snow

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
6 * * 1.00 * *
34 Firm shear @ 34cm * * 1.00 * *
41 * * 3.00 * *
48 * * 3.00 * *
80 * * 3.00 * *

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