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  1. spindrift1980
    My gut feeling is there will still be zero snow here by the end of Saturday, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong! Off to the hills on Sunday, methinks. it's hugely frustrating for the Scottish ski areas though that it's staying so cold but delivering minimal snow.
  2. spindrift1980
    A bit of a shocker - everything seems to have shifted west . No accumulated snow at all through most of the central belt on this chart- is this beginning to go pear-shaped?
  3. spindrift1980
    I'd be quite annoyed if it doesn't get east of Glasgow!
  4. spindrift1980
    The Strathspey side of the Cairngorms seems to have notably less than the Braemar side at the moment, which seems to have 15-30cm cover on most aspects - see photo below from http://www.sais.gov.uk/page_southern%20cairngorms.asp This is a cracking photo too - hopefully scenes which will be replicated in Barrhead, Wishaw, Penicuik etc. in the near future!
  5. spindrift1980
    It's only really a broad-brush estimate I suppose, so wouldn't take it literally, but I wonder what the thinking behind it is. It does leave pretty much the whole of the Lothians out and the snowless zone comes a bit too far west through the central belt for my liking!
  6. spindrift1980
    Hopefully it's not a sleet blizzard!
  7. spindrift1980
    Looks like a bit of a warm sector affecting the central belt on this one? Heavier precipitation not making inroads as far east across Scotland as modelled by these Icelandic charts yesterday either.
  8. spindrift1980
    I'm totally confused. Much talk on other parts of the forum about fronts potentially not penetrating as far north-east as such northern outposts as Peterborough!
  9. spindrift1980
    There might have been a Saturday snowfall but the initial falls were mid-week as I was a 4th year secondary school pupil on work experience and both my 'workplace' and school were closed for a few days - a happy memory!
  10. spindrift1980
    I managed to get a taxi out of Glasgow city centre on that Saturday night in March 2006 just in the nick of time - loads of thick fluffy snow cover the next day but it was largely gone by the Monday. The February 1996 snow was very enjoyable - gave a good healthy covering to the Glasgow area and lasted for a good while - would happily take a repeat of that!
  11. spindrift1980
    I hope so. The Met Office's own forecast at the moment and comments in other areas of this site lead me to fear that the front will fizzle before properly reaching Scotland.
  12. spindrift1980
    Yes, seems a bit out of step with the accumulated snow charts posted elsewhere. I'm not up on what models are generating each of these charts though as I'm not a subscriber. The Met Office does seem to have been largely on the money so far during this spell of weather. MWIS seems to reckon at the moment that the snow will make inroads well into Scotland from the SW during Friday though, and that there will 'then (be) further snow circulating within low pressure until well into next week.' http://www.mwis.org.uk/ I've got no central heating at the moment and am supposed to be going hillwalking at the weekend but am still longing for snow - it's an addiction!
  13. spindrift1980
    It'll never verify though. .Or will it?!.........
  14. spindrift1980
    I think you might be looking at the forecast for Allanton in Berwickshire (on the north sea coast of the Borders) unfortunately. No ppn. forecast for Motherwell, Wishaw, Shotts, etc.
  15. spindrift1980
    Pentland Hills webcam looking good!
  16. spindrift1980
    I'm gearing up for a good moan too - had more or less lost interest in low level snow during the 2000s due to its scarcity (bar the odd one day wonder like March 2006) and was content to get a snow fix on the Munros but 2009/2010 raised the hopes again. It's all been a bit underwhelming ever since really. Also, my central heating has packed in today! Hopefully we'll see something moving through the central belt during the week but the east and particularly eastern England looks more favoured. Hopefully at the very least the hills will get a reasonable dumping.
  17. spindrift1980
    There's a new yin at the snowgates on the A93 south of Braemar: http://www.braemarscotland.co.uk/cam/cam.htm
  18. spindrift1980
    Bit of a Glasgow/North Lanarkshire/west coast snowshield there. Typical.
  19. spindrift1980
    Good for Glenshee Ski Centre but a lot of rain about elsewhere (and these charts tend to overstate the possibility of snow rather than rain, in my experience). Hmm...
  20. spindrift1980
    Aye, everyone knows that snow up here is only of interest to these guys!
  21. spindrift1980
    Mist to sunshine and now back to mist again in East Kilbride today, with a frost first thing. Certainly has a much more wintry feel than the springlike weather of recent times.
  22. spindrift1980
    Ah, the penny has dropped. Thanks for the explanation.
  23. spindrift1980
    I'm totally confused now! I thought that latent cooling would drive the 0C level downwards during heavy precipitation? No?
  24. spindrift1980
    Wouldn't the 0C level be lower if the precipitation was heavy? I had no idea that they used such charts to predict precipitation type. Yet another variable to throw into the equation!
  25. spindrift1980
    The heady days of 2009/10 seem a long way away at the moment. The Atlantic is having its revenge now! Still, here are a few wintry photos from the Pentlands yesterday to prove that even mild-ish spells have their moments:
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