Snow Profile - Glencoe 20/03/2017 11:20:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 20/03/2017 Time: 11:20 Area: Glencoe Obs: PM
Grid: 192581 Alt: 890m Aspect: 60° Incline: 33°
Location: Point 901

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -0.7° Wind Dir: 270° Wind Speed: 19mph Cloud 90%
Precip Code: 4 - Light Showers Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 50cm
Foot Pen: 8cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -4.1° Summit Wind Dir: 228° Summit Wind Speed: 36mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Moderate Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments:

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.7 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
0 Surface Hail * * 2.00 * *
2 * * 1.50 * *
13 * * 2.00 * *
31 * * 2.00 * *
50 * * 0.00 * *

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