Snow Profile - Lochaber 27/02/2017 12:35:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
27/02/2017 |
Time: |
12:35 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BM |
| Grid: |
193731 |
Alt: |
1200m |
Aspect: |
70° |
Incline: |
17° |
| Location: |
Aonach Mor Plateau |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-6.6° |
Wind Dir: |
210° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
60% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
N |
Total Snow Depth: |
210cm |
| Foot Pen: |
6cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-5.7° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
214° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
29mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
1011 |
| Comments: |
Several weaknesses in the snowpack. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 19 |
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0.50 |
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| 52 |
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0.50 |
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| 57 |
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0.50 |
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| 76 |
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0.50 |
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| 86 |
Not to ground |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-7.1 |
| 10 |
-5.8 |
| 20 |
-4.6 |
| 30 |
-3.7 |
| 40 |
-2.7 |
| 50 |
-1.8 |
| 60 |
-1.0 |
| 70 |
-0.5 |
| 80 |
-0.1 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
