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:

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 0.6 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
4 * * 1.00 * *
24 Fail @ 22cm reactive, on graupel * * 1.00 * *
35 * * 1.00 * *
44 * * 1.00 * *
59 Fail @ 44cm stubborn * * 1.00 * *
75 * * 3.00 * *
81 * * 2.00 * *

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