Snow Profile - Creag Meagaidh 19/03/2018 13:00:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
Date: |
19/03/2018 |
Time: |
13:00 |
Area: |
Creag Meagaidh |
Obs: |
WS/LS |
Grid: |
463904 |
Alt: |
920m |
Aspect: |
325° |
Incline: |
30° |
Location: |
Cairn Liath, Sharks Gultch |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
Air Temp: |
-4.1° |
Wind Dir: |
45° |
Wind Speed: |
5mph |
Cloud |
0% |
Precip Code: |
0 - None |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
270cm |
Foot Pen: |
20cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
Summit Air Temp: |
-6.0° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
45° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
15mph |
Avalanche Data
Observed aval. hazard: |
Low |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
Low |
Avalanche Code: |
0 |
Comments: |
Very cold surface layers of new hard slab. Reactive fails at 10, 25 and 48 |
Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.7 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
23 |
Reactive fail at 10 |
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0.50 |
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28 |
Reactive fail at 25 |
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1.00 |
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95 |
reactive fail at 48. NTG |
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0.50 |
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Depth |
Temp |
0 |
-9.3 |
10 |
-10.0 |
20 |
-8.5 |
30 |
-6.8 |
40 |
-6.0 |
50 |
-5.3 |
60 |
-4.6 |
70 |
-4.1 |
80 |
-3.6 |
90 |
-3.1 |
Temperature °C |
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Hand Hardness Data |