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isolated pocket [1 record]

Record 1 2007-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Watch for isolated pockets of wind slab. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

"Pocket" means an isolated place. The term "isolated pocket" is commonly followed by whatever is in the pocket (windslab, surface hoar, etc). [Reference: Grant Statham, Avalanche Specialist, Parks Canada.]

OBS

isolated pocket: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

PHR

Pockets of snow, surface hoar, unstable slab, unstable snow, windslab.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Méfiez-vous des zones de plaques à vent isolées. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

zone isolée; secteur isolé : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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