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No snow here so far with light rain throughout the morning but it could still change. The fine lines between rain and snow from region to region never ceases to perplex.
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Very cold last night with -8C reported at Glasgow airport which is the joint coldest temperature of the 2012/2013 season and the last time there was a colder minimum there was in December 2010. There was still some patches of lying snow in shaded areas, about a third of my garden was covered which probably isn't enough to count as a lying snow day. Once the sun was up the temperature rose above freezing with a maximum of 8C. Some sunny intervals throughout the day, now a clear and cold night with the temperature already below freezing. It's always nice to see some late winter conditions and Spring snowfall at this time of year but this spell in some sense has been pretty exceptional. Some snow showers tonight for parts of Scotland exposed to the northerly wind. The cold/chilly Spring weather look set to persist throughout the middle-third of this month. There may be brief spells of less cold uppers, such as later this week but in general, if the current synoptic theme continues then uppers should be below -5C for the best part of the next 10 or so days. A prolonged cold spell for Spring standards, but with the strength of the sun maximum temperatures could be close to the average. But certainly, it will be interesting to see how things end up, there is the potential for this month to be pretty cold overall and is already looking like being a very different month compared to this time last year.
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Temperature of -7C at Glasgow airport. -8C is the coldest of the winter, -9C in 2001 was the coldest March temperature and the last tme -10C was recorded at Glasgow airport was Boxing Day 2010!
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Great to see all the reports of the snow in eastern parts of the country in what has been a very decent spell of winter weather and it's all the more significant for the fact that it's not just March but close to mid-March. Here, well, much of the snow cover has gone except in the shaded areas with the strength of the sun. Some snow flurries here but today could have been the last of the snow for the season. Went on a drive around the Trossachs earlier and everything looked and felt like the depths of winter except the time/length of daylight. Maximum temperature only 3C at Glasgow airport which is one of the coldest maximum values for March in many years - only March 2001 had a colder maximum value of 2C. Tonight should see the temperature drop to below -5C in many areas - and it could be the last sub -5C night for some time in a few areas. In some spots in the highlands, another night of sub -10C minima is possible and this can only bode well for a cold looking mean temperature for the month. Potentially the coldest temperature of the season could be recorded somewhere tonight! The cold, wintry theme should continue for a while but the last the weather of the past few days and tonight may be the last of the significant winter weather until next season.
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In recent years:
12th March 2011 (-0.5C max Dalwhinnie)
30th March 2010 (-0.1C max Dalwhinnie)
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Really cold out there on a wonderful sparkly and starry night.
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Another min-blizzard here and now a depth of 2cm.
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Just come backl from a trip from my relatives in Fife. Some snow cover during the afternoon on the hills and around Powmill. Nothing much around Falkland to begin with and spent much of the afternoon and evening with a super view of Fife, East Lomond and Edinburgh. It was stunning to see the snow showers crossing over, some were pretty heavy and few impressive cumulonimbus clouds funneling down the Forth. Bitterly cold on the hill on a very wintry evening There was more snow in lowland Fife during the way back and some pretty tricky driving conditions on the mate. I was very surprised to see that there was a very similar, if not better covering of snow around Glasgow than there was back in Fife. Here, there is a cm of snow and everything is white and sparkling. That's probably the fourth decent lying snow event of the winter and possibly the best day for snow here since March 2006! Anyway it's delightful to see this sort of very wintry and cold weather in March. Looking forward to a cold night and to hearing reports of the winter weather across the country!
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Currently the heaviest snowfall of the winter and it's starting to settle too.
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Just woke up to a lght snow flurry. Amazing pics from Dundee!!!!
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Another raw day with a bone chilling easterly. Maximum temperature of 4C is a reminder of how winter weather very much exists in March more often than not. This coming spell however is a bit more significant than any old chilly day. Very cold uppers in a fresh easterly flow - particulary on Sunday - would make for a bitterly cold weather. Air temperature very similar to a cold day in winter but combined with the wind and it may feel like -5C. Another characteristic is the theme of sunshine combined with 'wintry showers'. For the next 24hrs or so, the showers could be hit or miss and heavier and more organised in some areas than others, but I expect plenty of excitement in here - especially in eastern parts - with some places in the firing line for classic north sea convection and maybe some beefy showers with cumulonimbus clouds. The radar should reveal everything, convective activity may vary across the eastern counties but prepare yourself for something a little more active than the scenarios illustrated by BBC forecasts. As for here in the western end of the central belt, I'll settle for seeing some snow flurries but I'll hope that there'll be enough convective activity for rather prolonged and beefy showers to feed through the forth-clyde valley. A heavy snowfall with some accumilations would make for a delightful end to a decent 2012/2013 season but I'm happy with just getting the March snowfall in the bag and hearing reports of the events in the high-risk areas. Last year, the last significant snowfall was in early April with the last snowflakes in lowland Scotland falling in early May. This season, the fun started earlier in late October and it'll be intruiging to see how late the snow will finish this time round. It'll be a pleasure to see the rest of this Spring unfold with the last of the winter weather, the tranquility of normal Spring days and the first warmth. Just about all of us enjoyed that exceptional warm and sunny spell in late March last year, perhaps it'll be closer to a March 2006 this year rather than 2012, but hopefully there'll be a few warmer days as April goes on and a dry, sunny and warm May like 2008 or 2000 would be just lovely and by then I think many of us will be on the same wavelength as Gavin....for once!!!
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It's been an impressive spell of settled weather across the country. Today started off frosty and it turned out quite pleasant with hazy sunshine. A notable change starting later tomorrow with a return to rain and feeling quite raw in a cold and strong wind off the north sea. And then, it seems likely that there could be a return to winter for a while next week. It's the combination of weather types that makes this time of year special and indeed there's been a whole variety of weather during the past couple of weeks during this settled spell and there's plenty of Spring weather to enjoy over the coming months.
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AWT'S SPRING FORECAST 2013
MARCH...overall quite close to average, with a settled start, followed by transient and quite changeable weather with temperatures overall at around average. Temperatures 0.5C below to 0.5C above average. CET 7.0C. Rainfall 70% in south and east and 85-90% in north and west. Possibly some wintry interludes during the middle third of the month, much of the wintry precipitation confinded to higher ground in Scotland. Sunshine 0-5% above average.
APRIL...overall close to average, but a month of contrasts with some cold outbreaks at times and some warmer spells developing (especially during the second half of the month). Most of the times, quite normal showery April weather with less frontal activity and some settled spells. Temperatures 0.25 below to 0.5 above average. CET 8.6C. Rainfall 60% in south east and 75-85% in north west. Some wintry showers on high ground in north west at times aswell as some hail and thunder. Sunshine 5-10% above average.
MAY...overall warmer than average with some pleasant, settled and warm periods, combined with shorter spells of more unsettled, showery and cool spells with occasional frontal activity and with a threat of thundery outbreaks. CET 12.5C. Rainfall 60% in south east (some thundery downpours) and 75% in north west. Temperatures 0 to 1.0C above average. Sunshine 5-15% above average.
MARCH - MORE DETAILED FORECAST
First week: Quite chilly and settled to begin with and some cloudy periods for some. Turning slightly milder later with some rain, especially in western areas.
Second week: Staying changeable with fluctuating spells of high pressure influencing from the south and low pressure to the north. Mostly mild, chilly on some clear nights.
Third week: A mostly unsettled period with temperatures closer to average or quite chilly. Some showery spells, changeable conditions but quite bright at times
Final week: Turning more settled, possibly cool and cloudy to begin with before becoming brighter later, some frost at night. -
Some stunning snaps of Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21614508
Quite dense fog this morning that lifted around lunchtime but cloud cover did roll on pretty quickly in the afternoon. It's been an interesting winter for many reasons, cetrainly a much better one than 11/12 but also rather modest when compared to 09/10. But all in all, it was pretty decent with a variety of weather conditions and some interesting and different periods of weather. But most importantly, the winter was on the cold side with a decent number of days with falling snow aswell as lying snow and no month really stood out from the rest. Far from outstanding, but a quite decent and well-balanced winter overall. I should have more time in the coming days to reflect upon the past 3 months aswell as looking forward to Spring which is a really special time of year.
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Another beautiful day with wall to wall sunshine and blue skies and elements of winter with fog this morning and some wintry looking colours aswell as signs of Spring with longer days etc the characteristics that puts into perspective that we are at the final stage in winter and at cross-over point to Spring. This evening I've been on a brilliant drive up the eastern shrore of Loch Lomond:
Loch Lomond just about at its very best.
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Very light snow here.
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What a cracking day. Just come back from a late afternoon drive down the coast of the Firth of Clyde and there was the most brilliant sunset over the Firth.
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Some pleasant Spring-like sunshine earlier today. It could be very different in less than a week's time with a return to winter weather thanks to an area of high pressure situated over Scandinavia. At this stage we can only speculate on whether it will snow, what sort of overnight lows we'll see and whether we'll see heights retrogress towards Greenland. It would be nice to relive the sort of scenes here on Wednesday http://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/album/1281-snowfall-13th-february-2013/. 8cm of the white stuff making it the best snowfall here since Nov/Dec 2010 and also the 15th snowfall of the season at Glasgow airport, 3rd highest since 1999/2000.
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It might not be too long until the rain eventually clears. If conditions were more or less perfect, I wonder what sort of conditions and distruption we would have experienced if this was an all snow event.
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Pouring rain all the way back from Glasgow. Car thermometer temperatures dropped relative to the amount of lying snow - 5c Glasgow city centre, 3.5c bishopbriggs, 3c Kirkintilloch and 2c in Campsie. I'm really surprised how much snow I still have lying - comfortably 10cm. Exact temp now 2.2c/1.3c and lashing down.
It was 7cm here. Any ideas on the depth in areas surrounding Torrance?
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A few pics from earlier. I hope to upload some more later.
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Now rain/sleet/hail here but what a day - best snowfall since Nov/Dec 2010 with a depth of 7cm and I've enjoyed being out in it. The Reporting Scotland mob really did underestimate this whilst yesterday morning and I said that there was a real chance that today's event would be the best of the winter.
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Also the snowflakes are powdery rather than wet and it does a fine job of settling and sticking onto clothes.
Scotland Regional Discussion 10/03/13 09z ------>
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Just freezing cold rain so far today although Glasgow airport did report snowfall earlier this morning. This coming week is setting up to be quite significant for winter conditions this late in the season/ Plenty of chances of snowfall, especially in eastern areas, and it starts tonight with a spell of snowfall likely for some areas. It would be very special if some areas received a couple of inches during the coming days but I'd settle for a few extra snowfalls to add up the tally for this month and the season aswell as the last sub 5C maximum of the season. This should make for a nice finale to the winter weather of the 2012/2013 season with a cold March mean temperature also likely but don't rule out spells of wintry weather during April - such as last year - amongst the established Spring conditions.