Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 11/03/2018 12:00:00

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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details

Date: 11/03/2018 Time: 12:00 Area: Northern Cairngorms Obs: KG/JG
Grid: 996035 Alt: 975m Aspect: 260° Incline: 30°
Location: Below windy col

SAIS - Snow Profile Data

Air Temp: 0.0° Wind Dir: 340° Wind Speed: 5mph Cloud 95%
Precip Code: 0 - None Drift(Y/N): N Total Snow Depth: 90cm
Foot Pen: 10cm Ski Pen: N/A Rain at 900(Y/N): N

Summit Station Data

Summit Air Temp: 0.0° Summit Wind Dir: 195° Summit Wind Speed: 29mph

Avalanche Data

Observed aval. hazard: Considerable - Forecast aval. hazard: Moderate Avalanche Code: 0
Comments:

Profile Data

Max temp gradient: 1.1 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 3

Depth Comments F F2 E R e
6 * * 1.00 * *
12 * * 1.00 * *
24 Reactive fail @ 19cm * * 1.00 * *
66 * * 1.00 * *
70 Reactive fail @ 66cm * * 2.00 * *
90 * * 2.00 * *

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