Snow Profile - Lochaber 09/03/2018 11:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
09/03/2018 |
Time: |
11:00 |
Area: |
Lochaber |
Obs: |
GM |
| Grid: |
167719 |
Alt: |
765m |
Aspect: |
10° |
Incline: |
25° |
| Location: |
Ben Nevis |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-0.7° |
Wind Dir: |
270° |
Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Cloud |
100% |
| Precip Code: |
2 - Trace |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
40cm |
| Foot Pen: |
10cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.8° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
N/A |
Summit Wind Speed: |
0mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
Reactive shear at 18cm |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 0.6 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
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0.50 |
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| 18 |
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0.50 |
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| 24 |
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0.50 |
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| 40 |
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1.00 |
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N/A |
| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-0.8 |
| 10 |
-1.3 |
| 10 |
-1.3 |
| 20 |
-1.9 |
| 30 |
-1.5 |
| 40 |
-1.2 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
