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 * * 0.50 * *
28 Reactive fail at 25 * * 1.00 * *
95 reactive fail at 48. NTG * * 0.50 * *

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