Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 14/01/2017 13:35:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
14/01/2017 |
Time: |
13:35 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
TR |
| Grid: |
475891 |
Alt: |
660m |
Aspect: |
100° |
Incline: |
28° |
| Location: |
Na Cnapanan |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-2.0° |
Wind Dir: |
300° |
Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Cloud |
20% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
83cm |
| Foot Pen: |
41cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
300° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
| Comments: |
Easy clean shears in upper snowpack. Midpack beginning to round out at this altitude. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.8 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 7 |
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1.00 |
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| 11 |
Easy, clean shear |
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1.50 |
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| 22 |
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3.00 |
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| 25 |
Easy shear |
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3.00 |
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| 57 |
Some graupel |
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2.00 |
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| 83 |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-2.0 |
| 10 |
-2.8 |
| 20 |
-2.3 |
| 30 |
-1.9 |
| 40 |
-1.7 |
| 50 |
-1.6 |
| 60 |
-1.5 |
| 70 |
-1.4 |
| 80 |
-1.4 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
