Snow Profile - Glencoe 16/01/2017 11:40:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 16/01/2017 Time: 11:40 Area: Glencoe Obs: PH
Grid: 254503 Alt: 1050m Aspect: 180° Incline: 30°
Location: Meall a Bhuiridh

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 3.7° Wind Dir: 270° Wind Speed: 5mph Cloud 60%
Precip Code: Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 60cm
Foot Pen: 30cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: 3.0° Summit Wind Dir: 225° Summit Wind Speed: 17mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Low Forecast aval. hazard: Low Avalanche Code: 0
Comments:

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
2 * * 1.50 * *
6 * * 1.00 * *
9 * * 2.00 * *
30 mod./firm release @ 30cms revealing graupel layer * * 2.00 * *
46 * * 1.00 * *
68 * * 2.00 * *

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