Hairy Celt

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The temp here has dropped from 2C to 1C over the morning and is forecast to be subzero by the evening so hopefully the wet baws won't be too much of an issue soon. It's turning into a nice day now with plenty of blue sky making a pleasant change from the cold greyness of that miserable HP cell.

Just before anyone else points this out, yes, wet baws are in play. Thank you all.

Light snow falling but not settling. Yet.

Wunderground has always been flaky for me so I have to be in a really good mood to want to look there... We had a light shower of half-melted snow a while back. The radar shows a bit more activity now than an hour or so ago but it's the usual story of the inner firth snowdome firing up.... we'll see.

Down to 2C and bone dry now with about half the sky looking starry. Very little wind at this point. The mean of the various forecasts for here suggests very little snow locally - possibly something more interesting on Tuesday - but a few very cold days, possibly one or two ice days.

Whatever it's called (Marjorie? Goneril?), it could certainly spice things up. Well spotted!

First hints of snow on the radar on places like Ben Hope..... We live in... oh never mind

Just dropped below 5C now after a pretty crappy dreich afternoon. I doubt we'll see 5C again for a few days, good riddance for now.

Tuesday's snow for the south-west and possibly Central Belt is still on the cards... Oh no though, Wednesday's low is going to track further south, taking Tunbridge Wells' snow into France. How dare they steal our snow. It must be revenge for Brexit! (c) Daily Fail In other news, we're at 6C now and looks like that might be our max. I wonder how @Halfamilefromnowhere's temp is doing as he'll feel the chill 1st...

Tempus fugit....

F me it's quiet in here tonite considering what's about to happen!

I went for a walk this afternoon and it was really cold in the wind, like a few people have said. There's still a few small patches of old snow visible on the south side of the firth (north-facing) which have been there for weeks now - I would like to see them last till Sunday and get covered.

I don't think 0C counts as freezing as it's for the time increment where 0C is the bottom value of the increment. Not exactly sure. Perhaps @Scottish-Irish Skier could help as usual on these matters.

The little feature off the west could deliver. Worth seeing what happens with that over the next days, or until it disappears altogether of course.

We're at 5.5C now. Nuts. It was raining a short while ago.

Should be brilliant with a toddler. Can't beat it. Brings back memories. edit: the key is to keep her dry - then she'll keep warm too. You know this I'm sure, sorry.

You should have a cracking week for snowy mountain scenery, winter hillwalking, ice climbing, photography, snow angels, the lot. You've likely hit the jackpot this time. There, jinxed it.

The next week looks like a fairly typical wintry northerly lasting a few days then getting slowly replaced by milder westerlies. Doesn't look like anything major - but this is from a Black Isle perspective, further south I think you have a bigger chance of something exciting midweek on. Best of luck!

My forecast shows no snow yet I'm bang in the middle of the yellow warning area.

It's a generally northerly flow but it get modified at ground level and for some height above ground, I guess by the topography... We're forecast a north-westerly here too, which usually means no snow. We'll see eh....

Good old Stav on the broadcast outlook beeb forecast. The expression on his face as he says plenty of cloud around but (UNFORTUNATELY says the twitch of the lip) some sun over Scotland. Classic. @Ravelin yes well this is what happens. However, new Continental Vikings fitted, will travel.

It's hard enough to forecast intensity, duration of rain at 5 days ahead. Snow, with the difference between types of snow, sleet, freezing rain, graupel etc. being down to differences of 10ths of a degree Celsius at all heights from ground level up... well, as the old boy said wrt his daughters, 'O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; no more of that.' Many years ago in the MT there was a handful of commentators who seemed to have a good grasp of meteorology, but it eventually seemed to me that the reasons for their lengthy posts was less to do with the weather and more to do with their states of mind. Arguing about the weather a week ahead in public? Unfortunately now there are dozens of less well-informed commentators all shouting at the same time so it really is bedlam at times like this.

This isn't really an answer, but even hoping for a forecast to model snowfall on an island that's downwind of a big and (relatively) warm ocean, several days ahead, and you're on a hiding to nothing. We can look at the colourful maps of various parameters for 6 - or even 3 - hour intervals but when we know from experience that it's all down to watching the radar then the lamp post, then well why do it?

Do I get sick of these. Fortunately reality is always messier! Up to 4C this evening with more drizzly rain. Maybe 3 days of pish to crack on with some indoor tasks before some outdoor entertainment. Maybe.