Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 11/02/2018 14:41:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
11/02/2018 |
Time: |
14:41 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS |
Grid: |
464896 |
Alt: |
700m |
Aspect: |
160° |
Incline: |
30° |
Location: |
Slope to East of Balloon Gully |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-1.5° |
Wind Dir: |
300° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
20% |
Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
120cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-7.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
270° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
36mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
New slab developing (pit temp at site on sun affected slope). Poor stability in new surface layers - older deposits consolidated |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.5 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
5 |
touchy fail at interface |
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1.00 |
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15 |
touchy fail at interface |
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1.00 |
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19 |
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0.00 |
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N/A |
28 |
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1.00 |
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39 |
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1.50 |
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69 |
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0.50 |
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82 |
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2.00 |
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N/A |
Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-1.1 |
10 |
-1.7 |
20 |
-0.2 |
30 |
-0.1 |
40 |
-0.1 |
50 |
-0.1 |
60 |
-0.1 |
70 |
-0.1 |
80 |
-0.1 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |