Snow Profile - Lochaber 30/04/2016 11:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
30/04/2016 |
Time: |
11:15 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BM |
| Grid: |
193733 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
100° |
Incline: |
10° |
| Location: |
Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Wind Dir: |
250° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
300cm |
| Foot Pen: |
10cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.6° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
225° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.0 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 9 |
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1.00 |
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| 40 |
Failure at 25cm |
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1.00 |
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| 50 |
Not to ground |
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3.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-0.5 |
| 10 |
-1.5 |
| 20 |
-1.5 |
| 30 |
-1.0 |
| 40 |
-0.5 |
| 50 |
-0.3 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
