Snow Profile - Torridon 19/01/2018 11:39:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
19/01/2018 |
Time: |
11:39 |
Area: |
Torridon |
Obs: |
AC |
Grid: |
970593 |
Alt: |
618m |
Aspect: |
52° |
Incline: |
34° |
Location: |
Coire an Laoigh, Beinn Eighe |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-2.2° |
Wind Dir: |
162° |
Wind Speed: |
8mph |
Cloud |
100% |
Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
81cm |
Foot Pen: |
30cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-3.3° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
225° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
22mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.6 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
4 |
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1.00 |
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24 |
Fail @ 22cm reactive, on graupel |
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1.00 |
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35 |
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1.00 |
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44 |
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1.00 |
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59 |
Fail @ 44cm stubborn |
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1.00 |
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75 |
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3.00 |
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81 |
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2.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-2.6 |
10 |
-2.5 |
20 |
-2.4 |
30 |
-1.8 |
40 |
-1.3 |
50 |
-0.8 |
60 |
-0.4 |
70 |
0.0 |
80 |
0.0 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |