Snow Profile - Southern Cairngorms 19/01/2018 11:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
19/01/2018 |
Time: |
11:15 |
Area: |
Southern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
SN |
Grid: |
127780 |
Alt: |
800m |
Aspect: |
354° |
Incline: |
30° |
Location: |
Coire Direach |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-3.5° |
Wind Dir: |
220° |
Wind Speed: |
10mph |
Cloud |
100% |
Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
150cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-5.1° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
247° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
13mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
4400 |
Comments: |
Localised aspect. Profile not to ground. Failure on isolation at 6cm, touchy at 16cm. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.4 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
6 |
Failed on isolation@6cm |
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2.00 |
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16 |
Touchy fail @ 16cm |
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2.00 |
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35 |
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0.50 |
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69 |
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0.50 |
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80 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-3.5 |
10 |
-4.7 |
20 |
-4.6 |
30 |
-3.9 |
40 |
-2.7 |
50 |
-2.0 |
60 |
-0.6 |
70 |
-0.2 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |