Snow Profile - Glencoe 15/04/2016 11:05:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
15/04/2016 |
Time: |
11:05 |
Area: |
Glencoe |
Obs: |
PM |
| Grid: |
255507 |
Alt: |
900m |
Aspect: |
30° |
Incline: |
24° |
| Location: |
Meall a Bhuiridh |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.2° |
Wind Dir: |
10° |
Wind Speed: |
12mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
60cm |
| Foot Pen: |
1cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.9° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
27° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Low |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Low |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Frozen, icy snowpack with a dusting of new snow. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 5
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 2 |
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0.50 |
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| 17 |
refrozen icy layer |
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2.00 |
 |
N/A |
| 31 |
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2.00 |
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| 47 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| 60 |
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2.50 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-1.4 |
| 10 |
-0.1 |
| 20 |
0.0 |
| 30 |
0.0 |
| 40 |
0.0 |
| 50 |
0.0 |
| 60 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
