Snow Profile - Lochaber 29/04/2016 11:30:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
29/04/2016 |
Time: |
11:30 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BM |
Grid: |
191734 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
220° |
Incline: |
25° |
Location: |
Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-6.1° |
Wind Dir: |
0° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
100% |
Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
44cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-3.4° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
45° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
Failures at 20cm and 32cm. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
23 |
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1.00 |
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37 |
Graupel 3mm |
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0.00 |
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44 |
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3.00 |
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N/A |
Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-5.7 |
10 |
-6.0 |
20 |
-5.2 |
30 |
-4.1 |
40 |
-3.1 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |