Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 18/01/2018 12:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
18/01/2018 |
Time: |
12:00 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS |
Grid: |
458895 |
Alt: |
600m |
Aspect: |
110° |
Incline: |
25° |
Location: |
Trident Gullies, Coill a Choire |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-1.0° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
12mph |
Cloud |
20% |
Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
72cm |
Foot Pen: |
50cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-5.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
270° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
22mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
Deep drifts, snowpack showing consolidation at pit elevation although reactive shear still obtained in most recent layer |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
15 |
reactive at 16 |
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1.00 |
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46 |
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1.00 |
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50 |
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1.00 |
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61 |
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1.00 |
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68 |
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0.00 |
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72 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-0.8 |
10 |
-2.1 |
20 |
-2.2 |
30 |
-2.4 |
40 |
-2.0 |
50 |
-1.5 |
60 |
-0.8 |
70 |
0.0 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |