Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 17/01/2018 15:31:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
17/01/2018 |
Time: |
15:31 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS |
| Grid: |
463894 |
Alt: |
500m |
Aspect: |
60° |
Incline: |
25° |
| Location: |
Cairn Liath, base of Baloon Gully |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-1.5° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
100cm |
| Foot Pen: |
50cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
280° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
39mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Deep drifts on approach paths - pit in side wall of stream bed gully |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.4 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 6 |
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1.50 |
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| 14 |
reactive at 12 |
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1.00 |
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| 24 |
reactive at 23 |
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1.00 |
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| 77 |
GL |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-1.5 |
| 10 |
-1.8 |
| 20 |
-1.8 |
| 30 |
-1.8 |
| 40 |
-1.4 |
| 50 |
-1.3 |
| 60 |
-1.2 |
| 70 |
-1.2 |
| Temperature °C |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
