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 * * 0.50 * *
27 * * 0.50 * *
43 * * 0.50 * *
57 * * 2.00 * N/A

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