Snow Profile - Lochaber 21/03/2017 11:45:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 21/03/2017 Time: 11:45 Area: Lochaber Obs: BM
Grid: 192739 Alt: 1180m Aspect: 90° Incline: 50°
Location: Aonach Mor

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: -5.5° Wind Dir: Wind Speed: 15mph Cloud 100%
Precip Code: 8 - Snow Drift(Y/N): Y Total Snow Depth: 160cm
Foot Pen: 15cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: -5.4° Summit Wind Dir: 234° Summit Wind Speed: 32mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable + Forecast aval. hazard: Considerable - Avalanche Code: 8800
Comments: weaknesses at 29cm.

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
11 * * 0.50 * *
20 * * 0.50 * *
33 * * 0.50 * *
49 * * 1.00 * *
65 * * 2.00 * N/A

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