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PS - my car had the temp at Drumochter at -7C and that was at 4pm!

Lovely Affric photos! Glen Affric is such a special place, especially in snow. Like most places north of the Great Glen they're insanely quiet compared with down south, especially 'off season'. Still, it does seem odd to have such a beautiful place to yourself. I wouldn't have minded that though! I was up in the Cairngorms today. There was snow, deep on some aspects, but nothing like the depths in the west. Drumochter today was insane. I've not seen it looking quite so loaded in a very long time. I'm gonna try and get out again on Monday to seek out some serious snow. In the mean time.....lunch time today on Meall a' Bhuachaille

<laughs> <turns TV on> <sobs>

Temps falling quickly now, down to 2.6C. Sleet and large wet snow flakes.

Just lost the satellite dish

I wouldn't be surprised if the front door burst open in a moment. Sustained winds just over 50mph now, gusting to 60mph.

3.4C, mean wind speed around 45mph gusting just over 50mph. House is freezing cold this morning even though the heating's on full blast. That wind chills it to the bone when it's from the south. Still snow up here too. Especially along the stone dykes where the large drifts look just like they did yesterday.

It's been bone dry here for the last few hours!

Peculiar Forth Valley shaped hole in the precipitation at the moment.

Horrendous outside. Horizontal snow, drifting off the fields. Glad I'm indoors!

Think we got about a fresh centimetre last night. Between 2cm and 15cm around the garden as most of it has been blown around.

Plenty from yesterday but haven't been out this morning. Too cold in that wind!

Nothing here yet this evening aside from the odd 5 minute shower. Managed to get out in the hour of sunshine in between bands around midday. East Lomond looked wonderful! Then got caught in a mammoth blizzard. Here it is approaching from the west above the Lomond Hills: It's been a good day. If tonight delivers I may have to dust down the snowshoes tomorrow

Over an inch here now, falling in subzero temperatures so it's nice and dry. I don't mind admitting.......I'm so happy

Thin covering of snow here, with the finest dry snow you've ever seen. Currently -0.1C.

Ooo, that'd be perfect timing cos I'm off to Switzerland then Mind you......that'll probably mean it dumps 3ft of snow in Fife while I'm away.

Snow, melt, storm, cold, snow, melt, storm, cold, snow, melt, storm, cold etc etc. Currently back in the 'snow' phase of this merry-go-round. 1.5C.

Well, last night's storm was worse here than the previous two this week. Probably because it had more of a southerly wind. It was sustained at 50mph for around an hour from 1am, gusting to 60mph. Temp now down to 3.6C.

Ah. The rain has arrived.

Still snow rather than rain up here, at 0.6C. Only a matter of time though.

Yep, just scored a direct hit from that Oban locale. The showers weren't reaching this far not so long ago

Just nudged below freezing up here.

It's so often the way that the showers split north and south of the Lomonds in these set ups. Looking at that enormous splodge approaching you'd rightly think it was impossible to avoid........but then again.....

Went for a stroll up Falkland Hill earlier. Suffice to say, I had it to myself

It was green and 2.4C 20 minutes ago. Now it is white and 0.6C. Amazing how quickly snow gets put down when it's of that intensity