Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 16/04/2016 10:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
16/04/2016 |
Time: |
10:15 |
Area: |
Southern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
PN |
| Grid: |
845214 |
Alt: |
1000m |
Aspect: |
190° |
Incline: |
28° |
| Location: |
T-Sagairt Beag, S side |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-3.5° |
Wind Dir: |
340° |
Wind Speed: |
12mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
44cm |
| Foot Pen: |
17cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-3.5° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
297° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
34mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
New snowfall to valley level. New accumulations in wind sheltered terrain. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.4 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
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0.00 |
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| 21 |
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0.50 |
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| 30 |
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0.50 |
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| 44 |
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0.50 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 10 |
-3.2 |
| 20 |
-3.3 |
| 30 |
-2.6 |
| 40 |
-1.6 |
| 50 |
-0.2 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
