Snow Profile - Lochaber 23/02/2017 11:30:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 23/02/2017 Time: 11:30 Area: Lochaber Obs: BM/IM
Grid: 186741 Alt: 1080m Aspect: 270° Incline: 24°
Location: Aonach Mor, West face

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -3.2° Wind Dir: 45° Wind Speed: 10mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 8 - Snow Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 39cm
Foot Pen: 30cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -3.6° Summit Wind Dir: 223° Summit Wind Speed: 16mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable - Avalanche Code: 4400
Comments: Multiple weaknesses.

Profile Data

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

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
4 * * 2.00 * *
13 * * 2.00 * *
21 * * 2.00 * *
29 * * 2.00 * *
39 * * 2.00 * *

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