MMSA - Dropout 1

Posted December 22nd, 2011 by nbair

Location

United States
37° 38' 6.6084" N, 119° 2' 13.2756" W
Date and time of observation: 
December 21, 2011 - 10:00am
Region: 
Mammoth Area
Observation Type: 
Snowpack
Snowpack & Snowpit Observations
Information about the snowpack/snowpit: 

ECTX
Snowpack about 50 cm deep.
Discontinuous layer of 20 cm 4F facets and depth hoar up to 1 cm in diameter at the bottom of the pit.
Above that 10 cm thick layer of 1F MF crystals.
Top 20 cm 1F wind packed crystals.
Hard crust on top with some small surface hoar crystals.

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