Snow Profile - Lochaber 13/01/2017 12:30:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
13/01/2017 |
Time: |
12:30 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BM |
| Grid: |
192739 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
100° |
Incline: |
40° |
| Location: |
Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-7.2° |
Wind Dir: |
180° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
200cm |
| Foot Pen: |
5cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-6.3° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
305° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
23mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
| Comments: |
Several moderate weaknesses in snowpack. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 27 |
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1.00 |
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| 74 |
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1.00 |
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| 90 |
|
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-7.1 |
| 10 |
-6.4 |
| 20 |
-6.2 |
| 30 |
-5.8 |
| 40 |
-5.2 |
| 50 |
-4.5 |
| 60 |
-3.4 |
| 70 |
-2.9 |
| 80 |
-2.0 |
| 90 |
-1.5 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
