Snow Profile - Northern Cairngorms 16/03/2026 11:25:00
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SAIS - Snow Profile - Location Details
| Date: |
16/03/2026 |
Time: |
11:25 |
Area: |
Northern Cairngorms |
Obs: |
JT |
| Grid: |
997043 |
Alt: |
985m |
Aspect: |
46° |
Incline: |
30° |
| Location: |
Fiacaill a'Choire Chais, NE flank |
SAIS - Snow Profile Data
| Air Temp: |
-0.5° |
Wind Dir: |
244° |
Wind Speed: |
25mph |
Cloud |
70% |
| Precip Code: |
4 - Light Showers |
Drift(Y/N): |
Y |
Total Snow Depth: |
125cm |
| Foot Pen: |
15cm |
Ski Pen: |
N/A |
Rain at 900(Y/N): |
N |
Summit Station Data
| Summit Air Temp: |
-2.9° |
Summit Wind Dir: |
254° |
Summit Wind Speed: |
51mph |
Avalanche Data
| Observed aval. hazard: |
Considerable - |
Forecast aval. hazard: |
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Avalanche Code: |
0 |
| Comments: |
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Profile Data
Max temp gradient: 1.7 °C/10cm
Max hardness diff. of adjacent layers: 2
| Depth |
Comments |
F |
F2 |
E |
R |
e |
| 32 |
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0.50 |
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| 41 |
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0.50 |
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| 50 |
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0.50 |
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| 53 |
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0.50 |
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| 70 |
not to ground |
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1.00 |
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| Depth |
Temp |
| 0 |
-1.1 |
| 10 |
-2.8 |
| 20 |
-2.5 |
| 30 |
-1.7 |
| 40 |
-1.2 |
| 50 |
-0.6 |
| 60 |
-0.2 |
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| Hand Hardness Data |
