Snow Profile - Glencoe 26/02/2017 11:30:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 26/02/2017 Time: 11:30 Area: Glencoe Obs: BF
Grid: 254508 Alt: 920m Aspect: 50° Incline: 15°
Location: Meall a Bhuiridh

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 1.0° Wind Dir: 240° Wind Speed: 5mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 6 - Snow Showers Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 48cm
Foot Pen: 10cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): Y

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: 0.5° Summit Wind Dir: 220° Summit Wind Speed: 31mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments: Snowpack quite sticky

Profile Data

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

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
7 * * 2.00 * *
10 * * 1.00 * *
22 * * 1.00 * *
28 * * 2.00 * N/A
28 * * 2.00 * *

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