Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 24/02/2017 13:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
24/02/2017 |
Time: |
13:00 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS |
| Grid: |
465898 |
Alt: |
800m |
Aspect: |
100° |
Incline: |
30° |
| Location: |
Baloon Gully, Cairn Liath |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-1.8° |
Wind Dir: |
220° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
0 - None |
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: |
-4.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
220° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
19mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Moderate |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Weakness in recent layers; mod shears at 5 and 21 |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.8 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 5 |
shear within layer |
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1.00 |
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| 11 |
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1.00 |
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| 20 |
shear at 21 |
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1.00 |
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| 30 |
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1.50 |
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| 60 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-2.2 |
| 10 |
-2.5 |
| 20 |
-2.0 |
| 30 |
-1.2 |
| 40 |
-0.8 |
| 50 |
-0.6 |
| 60 |
-0.4 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
