Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 14/01/2017 11:45:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
14/01/2017 |
Time: |
11:45 |
Area: |
Southern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
SN |
| Grid: |
155773 |
Alt: |
900m |
Aspect: |
160° |
Incline: |
30° |
| Location: |
Meall Odhar, South Aspect |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-3.3° |
Wind Dir: |
320° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
180cm |
| Foot Pen: |
30cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-3.9° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
318° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
36mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
| Comments: |
Persistent light drifting |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 2.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 11 |
easy shear@10cm |
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1.00 |
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| 28 |
easy shear@27cm |
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1.00 |
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| 39 |
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1.00 |
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| 44 |
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1.00 |
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| 120 |
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1.00 |
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| 140 |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-3.0 |
| 10 |
-5.3 |
| 20 |
-6.0 |
| 30 |
-6.3 |
| 40 |
-6.3 |
| 50 |
-6.1 |
| 60 |
-6.0 |
| 70 |
-5.7 |
| 80 |
-5.3 |
| 90 |
-5.0 |
| 100 |
-4.7 |
| 110 |
-4.5 |
| 120 |
-4.3 |
| 130 |
-4.0 |
| 140 |
-3.4 |
| Temperature °C |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
