Snow Profile - Glencoe 14/01/2017 11:30:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
14/01/2017 |
Time: |
11:30 |
Area: |
Glencoe |
Obs: |
BF |
Grid: |
252503 |
Alt: |
1090m |
Aspect: |
90° |
Incline: |
15° |
Location: |
Near summit of Meall a Bhuiridh |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-2.7° |
Wind Dir: |
350° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
80% |
Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
N |
Total Snow Depth: |
75cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-2.7° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
298° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
18mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
Easy/Moderate shear at 11cm, moderate shear at 27cm |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.9 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
11 |
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0.50 |
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27 |
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0.50 |
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43 |
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0.50 |
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57 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-4.4 |
10 |
-4.1 |
20 |
-3.3 |
30 |
-2.4 |
40 |
-1.6 |
50 |
-1.3 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |