Snow Profile - Lochaber 11/02/2018 12:45:00
Go Back
How to interpret snow profiles
SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
11/02/2018 |
Time: |
12:45 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
BF |
| Grid: |
194746 |
Alt: |
1080m |
Aspect: |
30° |
Incline: |
10° |
| Location: |
By top of Winger Wall, Aonach Mor |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-5.6° |
Wind Dir: |
290° |
Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
8 - Snow |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
110cm |
| Foot Pen: |
25cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
260° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
20mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Avalanche Code: |
8800 |
| Comments: |
Reactive Shear at 20cm
Lots of avalanche activity and cornice collapse noted. |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 13 |
|
 |
 |
1.00 |
 |
 |
| 20 |
|
 |
|
0.50 |
 |
|
| 35 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
| 40 |
|
|
|
0.50 |
 |
|
| 50 |
|
 |
|
2.00 |
 |
N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-5.5 |
| 10 |
-5.3 |
| 20 |
-4.7 |
| 30 |
-3.2 |
| 40 |
-2.1 |
| 50 |
-1.6 |
| Temperature °C |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Hand Hardness Data |
