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Grabbed this photo sunset yesterday.

 

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13 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

Those of you that have wood burning stoves.. what type of wood do you burn? Trying to source hardwood but really not sure what is best for burning to length of burn etc.. also anybody use these heat logs that i keep seeing? If so any good.?

Ash, Oak and Beech are top tier bud. Stove sellers usually burn silver birch in their showrooms - burns fierce and fast with lovely flames  

Aberdeenshire Firewood are 3 miles away from Oyne.

Webcam from Ballater:

2nd Webcam from Tarland.

Bright, sunny and dry in Aberdeen.

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Windy with 30 minutes of snow. Amber warning seems OTT for these parts.  

 

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Significant thaw overnight, strong winds, rain and milder temperatures have shredded the snow.

All eyes on the end of the working week  

 Currently windy, rain and 5c.

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Cold still hanging on, no real sign of any thaw. The salt bin still has 25cm of snow on top.

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Met Office app showing snow for parts of Scotland Friday 23rd December.

The Lechts season kicked off today, three runs available. Queues inevitable  

 

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Cold start.

 

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Met are on a nightmare today. Forecast was for -7c at 5am.

Slightly out  

 

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Bit of a change this morning, hopefully a blip. Mix of rain, sleet and snow. Last night's high winds have disappeared.

The daily commute was less stressful thanks to the slightly warmer temperatures. Roads are mostly slushy or black.

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17 minutes ago, KTtom said:

Wow, cant you just leave the video on ?

If the high winds continue overnight, there should be some impressive drifting along the Sauchen straight road. If the coast is clear, I will try and film it  

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High winds and heavy snow causing problems on the roads. The video doesn't quite capture conditions at present:

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Heavy snow in Aberdeen:

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21 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Not a good day for the Aberdeenshire Council school closures website to be throwing an error. Alford Academy are closed so son at home, waiting to hear if Westhill Academy will do the same. 

Definitely a new covering on our driveway waiting to be cleared. Currently -2.1C which is pretty much the overnight low. 

 

The gritters were ploughing snow this morning, but they seemed to be leaving almost as much as they were clearing  

No grit or salt was being spread so assume more snow incoming or, the councils are broke.

 

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Fair bit of fresh snow last night. Folks in Westhill will wake to picture postcard scenes. 2-3 inches of fresh snow in Aberdeen.

Grabbed this pic at Starbucks Westhill temperature -4c light snow.

 

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Set off for work around 5.30am and the drive was clear. At least it's warmed up a good bit -5c.

 

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Yellow weather warnings extended again for parts of Scotland.

 

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Offical coldest temperature of the year so far.

Homes without power in Shetland as temperature hits new low

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Heavy snow causes problems in Shetland as the temperature drops to -17.3C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

 

 

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Offical coldest temperature last night Braemar -17.3c TBC.

Homes without power in Shetland as temperature hits new low

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Heavy snow causes problems in Shetland as the temperature drops to -17.3C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

 

 

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A lad at work had the same problem starting his car this morning. Apparently diesel starts to freeze around -15c

You live you learn  

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As expected, temperatures overnight lower than the previous night. Temperatures on the commute this morning were noticeably colder than yesterday morning.  Driving past Sauchen -14c, while Westhill down to -11c. Aberdeen -7.5c

Two attempts to start the car this morning, so that's a first since 2014.

 

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Minus 14 on the car display yesterday morning. 

Today:

We should see very low temperatures coming in from the usual spots today.

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Apologies if this has been posted already. 

 

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Consistent -9c once clear of Aberdeen city until you drop into the Vale of Alford. Temperature then dropped sharply. 

The Met Office hourly forecast for my location shows -6c at 7pm. Slightly out  

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The chance for a -20c, or lower, temperature overnight.