Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 11/02/2018 12:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
11/02/2018 |
Time: |
12:15 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
KG |
Grid: |
988039 |
Alt: |
915m |
Aspect: |
50° |
Incline: |
33° |
Location: |
Fiacaill Sneachda |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-5.5° |
Wind Dir: |
280° |
Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Cloud |
60% |
Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
60cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-7.9° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
281° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
35mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 2.4 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
4 |
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1.00 |
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5 |
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0.00 |
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11 |
touchy fail @ 5cm |
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1.00 |
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38 |
Reactive fail @ 20cm |
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1.00 |
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50 |
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2.00 |
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60 |
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1.00 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-6.8 |
10 |
-4.4 |
20 |
-3.2 |
30 |
-2.2 |
40 |
-1.7 |
50 |
-1.6 |
60 |
-1.2 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |