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About 6 cm in Dunblane. A fair few of the showers have slid past to the north and south of here. Take care all on Dundee

We've done not bad. Started with noisy sleet lunchtime yesterday, it's been snowing since. Not as dry and powdery as it was over New Year, it's 'snowman' snow! We've had 2 days since Dec 28 without a snowy/icy covering.

Lightning in the east visible from Dunblane - looks intense. Have fun and stay safe to everyone underneath it.

27.9°C in nearby Stirling. Actually quite a refreshing southeasterly breeze here.

About 2 cm of wet slushy mush here, still fat flakes falling. There has now been falling and settling snow on at least one day for the last 6 months here. Hopefully spring soon.

A fresh 4-5 cm since the school walk this morning. We now have a near-horizontal tree over our garden, oh well it will keep the washing dry in the summer

~20 cm on car roof this morning in Dunblane, it's been a while since I've seen trees bent by snow. Couple of light rain showers late morning.

My Dad used 'snell' to describe cold - http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/12/06/useful-scots-word-snell/0012424

Beautiful morning here; -1° C

About 5 cm of snow here tonight, started at about 6:00, still tiny little flakes falling.

Mostly rain here with one or two sleety showers. Already had 88 mm of rain in November, although I suspect that is a modest amount compared to further north and west.

For Cambridge; -14.2 C on the 11th Feb, 16.8 C today, a 31 C range in 12 days.

Which is a 40 year period.

What to do eh? Well, stop reading the nypost for a start. These claims are simply untrue. This nonsense was initiated last December by an article in the Telegraph. Since then, Dr. Pachauri, in his role as the director of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has been audited by KPMG, international auditors. Here is the verdict... “No evidence was found that indicated personal fiduciary benefits accruing to Pachauri from his various advisory roles that would have led to a conflict of interest." Dr. Pachauri earns about £40,000 a year from his salary plus another ~£2,000 from book royalties and lectures. The Telegraph has issued an apology Telegraph apology It’s tempting to think that the Telegraph will learn, but I’m not holding my breath.

Well, for years I lived on the Lower Carboniferous Gullane Formation (mostly deltaic sandstone) in Edinburgh. Now, I live on the somewhat younger (and flatter!) Upper Cretaceous Gault Formation (mostly mudstone) NW of Cambridge. You could do alot worse than 'Teach yourself Geology'. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Yourself-Geology-David-Rothery/dp/0340958790 Or, if you are very keen, the more expensive but classic 'Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Principles-Physical-Geology-Arthur-Holmes/dp/041240320X Mostly written by many current and recently retired teaching staff at Edinburgh University.