Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 14/02/2017 12:45:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 14/02/2017 Time: 12:45 Area: Northern Cairngorms Obs: MD
Grid: 002041 Alt: 1106m Aspect: 300° Incline: 32°
Location: Chais Headwall top

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -2.6° Wind Dir: 130° Wind Speed: 25mph Cloud 0%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 80cm
Foot Pen: 5cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -3.8° Summit Wind Dir: 157° Summit Wind Speed: 40mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: mod fail at 38 and 60.

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.2 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 1

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
36 * * 0.50 * *
38 * * 0.50 * *
58 * * 0.50 * *
62 1F to P hardness * * 1.00 * *
80 * * 0.50 * *

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