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 * * 1.00 * *
46 * * 1.00 * *
50 * * 1.00 * *
61 * * 1.00 * *
68 * * 0.00 * *
72 * * 2.00 * N/A

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