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 |
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0.50 |
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38 |
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0.50 |
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58 |
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0.50 |
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62 |
1F to P hardness |
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1.00 |
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80 |
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0.50 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-5.5 |
10 |
-5.5 |
20 |
-4.3 |
30 |
-3.7 |
40 |
-3.3 |
50 |
-2.6 |
60 |
-2.1 |
70 |
-1.5 |
80 |
-0.4 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |