20100327 weather data for the 24 hours to 5.30am at 800m

Previous Day Field Observations: 

From 2200m behind Tsugaike, in teh clouds all day with cold temps. We had 30-40cm of very loose, light and dry powder. It was great. Skied 1200m vertical for a proper powder day.

The unconsolidated storm snow was cracking in places and had not bonded well with the crust with sluff on steeper slopes and one size 1.5 skier triggered avalanche on a specific convex roll. It had propagated about 50m across in the 30cm of soft storm snow.

Date: 
20100327
24hr max temp: 
2C
24hr min temp: 
-9C
Cloud Cover: 
Broken
Precip type and rate: 
Nil
Present temp: 
-1C
24hr new snow (HN24): 
2cm
New snow from current storm (HST): 
6cm
Snow height (HS): 
116cm
Weight of new snow (100mm tube dia): 
0gm
Water equiv of new snow: 
0mm
Density new snow: 
0kg/m3
Surface crystal size: 
2mm
Surface crystal form: 
New Snow
Wind speed: 
Moderate
Wind direction: 
NW
Nil
Barometric Pressure: 
924mbar
Baro trend (last 3 hours): 
Steady
Diary Type: 
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