Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 17/03/2018 12:15:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
17/03/2018 |
Time: |
12:15 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
KG |
| Grid: |
991060 |
Alt: |
665m |
Aspect: |
270° |
Incline: |
25° |
| Location: |
Above Day Lodge |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-5.0° |
Wind Dir: |
140° |
Wind Speed: |
30mph |
Cloud |
50% |
| Precip Code: |
6 - Snow Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
90cm |
| Foot Pen: |
10cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-9.4° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
130° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
74mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable + |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Avalanche Code: |
8800 |
| Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.3 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 8 |
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1.00 |
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| 22 |
stubborn fail @ 24cm |
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1.00 |
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| 60 |
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0.50 |
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| 67 |
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1.00 |
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| 90 |
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2.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-5.0 |
| 10 |
-5.0 |
| 20 |
-4.3 |
| 30 |
-3.0 |
| 40 |
-2.0 |
| 50 |
-1.2 |
| 60 |
-0.5 |
| 70 |
0.0 |
| 80 |
0.0 |
| 90 |
0.0 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
