thejailender

snow is becoming more constant here now, we must now have a few extra cm's of snow on top of what fell over night, also listening to the radio schools are starting to close around the region, which is always an indication things are getting quite bad on the roads too.

Woke up this moring to about 5cm of snow, there has been a few showers all morning ranging from very light to quite heavy, but it seems by the time the showers get over thee mountains to here on the east they have lost a lot of their power. No winds yet though !

First of the real snow showers has just arrivd with us now, the rain has increasingly been turning to sleet and now snow all day, and now it is starting to settle on the ground.

Blizzards overnight, but surprisingly didn't leave a lot of lying snow, only about 2cm. Still getting a few snow showers from time to time now, but they are a lot lighter.

Alness, Highland Very stormy night, and the winds are still quite strong today. There was a lot of heavy snow showers overnight too, so I was quite surprised to see very little lying this morning, maybe it was more lying snow being blown about. We are still getting the snow showers too, but they are quite light now. Current Temp = 1.6'C Pressure - 1008mb (Rising) Windspeed - 28mph (NW) gustong in excess of 60mph

Alness, Highland - Part 2 Almost into tomorrow, but the snow arrived here this evening, I was up at my parents and the drive home wasn't the best. No persistant snow, but very blustery snow showers, the ground is pretty we so nothing really lying on the roads or pavements, but the grass and trees have quite a bit of snow on the windward sides. Looks as though it could be a stormy night ahead for us. Current temp = 0.4'C Pressure - 995mb Wind - 17mph (W) gusts upto 32mph

Alness, Highland A bit late, but with the rain battering of the window I couldn't be bothered in getting up. Yip, the new year has started with heavy rain, a bit of a breeze, but it is also a lot coller than it was the last couple of days... but they do forecast snow for us tonight !! Current temperature = 5.1'C Pressure - 996mb (Falling) Wind - 5mph (SW) gusts around 10mph

Alness, Highland Loads of Snow this morning, about 4 inches on the ground when we got up at 7.30am.. although there was nothing at 5am when the wee fella first wanted up !! Light snow flurries on and off all day, got a bit heavier after dark, but seem to be turning more to rain and sleet now. Great white Christmas though

Alness, Highland Showers - Were rain but are turning increasingly to sleet and snow. Current Temp - 2.0'C Pressure - 991mb - falling Light Winds

Alness, Highland It was a brilliant sunny day here, although very very cold, and the snow that fell on Friday is still here. Top temperature is just now as it has been rising slowly since 7pm, Currently at 0.9'C, During the day it was around -1'C Overnight the lowest was -9.2'C As I said clear skies all day, little patches of high cloud for an hour or so before dusk, I think it is clouding over a bit now though. I took a walk up to the top of Fyrish monument today 453 meters up, the temperature there at 1pm was -6'C, with a stiff breeze, Even with a thick jacket and layers apon layers of clothes I was frozen.

Just had a look at the webcam for Loch Glascarnoch which is only about 20 miles from me,, good to see there is quite a bit of snow. Only showers here, but it's not lying Click here to see for yourself

Alness, Highland I'm at work so don't have any temperatures or official figures. But we now have blusterly snow showers which have just started. There was heavy rain overnight, snow on the moutains, but it froze this morning giving very bad roads. Not sure if the snow will settle as it is quite wet after all the rain of recent days. But the sky is so dark we still have the street lights on and it's almost 9.30am..

Alness, Highland Bright morning with scattered high clouds. Current Temp - 5.1'C (Min overnight 2.3'C) Pressure - 1022mb Wind - Calm

Alness, Highland A much brighter and warmer day that yesterday. Scattered clouds with the occational shower of light rain. Current temp 9.2'C (Overnight min was 7.1'C) Pressure - 1004mb (falling) wind - 15 mph (WSW) Humidity 94% What a difference from the last few days. I couldn't believe how fast the temperatures rose yesterday. At 3pm the temperature was 1.2'C but by 6pm it had gone up to 8.5'C and that was despite the sun going down.

Alness, Highland Cold and wet, rain started early this moring with temperatures below freezing, so the roads and pavements have been terrible. Current temp is 3.4'C and rising quite quickly (Overnight min ms6.5'C) Pressure - 1012 mb (falling quickly) Wind - Calm, gusts of only 2-3 mph from all directions

Technically it's still Saturday.. Probably not by the time I finish typing this though Alness, Highland The curent temperature is ms-6.1'C, that's the coldest I've had the season The top temperature throughout the day was ms0.2'C.. no good for standing watching football and we got beat There is some thin high clouds, (Im not clever enogh to know their names, thats my next mission) so maybe there is indications that changes are about to happen. The pressure has been pretty stable all day around 1024 mb

Alness, Highland Nice clear crisp morning, but very very cold !! Some snow overnight, about 6cm lying on ground. Current temperature - ms4.1'C (Minimum overnight was ms5.2'C) Wind - 8mph (WSW) Pressure - 1026 mb (Steady) Humidity - 93%

Alness, Highland Snow finally arrived overnight, about 4cm lying on the ground . Todays it is clear skys with ocational heavy snow showers, light winds but very very cold. Current temperature - ms2.3'C (Min overnight was ms3.5'C) Windchill - ms8'C Current wind - 8 mph (NW) Pressure - 1023 mb (rising) Humidity - 93%

Alness, Highland Update at 1900 hrs Been clear and crisp sunshine all day, the early clouds lifted about 10am. Current temeperature is ms1.5'C, Strange though as top temperature during day light was 0.9'C and it fell to ms3.5'C around 5pm and has warmed slightly over the last hour or so. Pressure - 1016 mb, steady all day. Wind - 6 mph (NW) Humidity - 40% Still no snow, although all the hills around us are white, but the snow line is still about 1000 ft.

Alness, Highlands The anticipated snow hasn't arrived (although local radio says Caithness has some snow) Strong winds last night did a good job of drying up all the rain that fell yesterday afternoon and evening, but the wind has siince dropped. Now overcast, calm and cold Current Temp - ms0.4'C (rising slowly) (Min overnight ms1.2'C) Current Wind - 6 mph (WNW) (I thought it was meant to be northerly by now ??) Pressure - 1016 mb (Rose overnight, now stable for the last 6 hours) Humidity - 40%

I'm about 15 miles North of Inverness, we have had heavy rain this evening with the strong winds, but no snow. However I am just slightly above sea level, there was snow on the hills this afternoon, so I suppose if they lived in some of the higher areas of Inverness I suppose there is a chance there was some snow. I tried checking the Inverness webcam but it has been off line for ages now.

Alness, Highlands Update at 1900 hrs Very Stormy evening, We are experiencing electricity brown outs over the last couple of hours. I posted this morning, but things have changed quite a bit. The temperature is now only 2.6'C Has been very windy all day, current wind speed around 39 mph, but it has turned more NW, gusts around 60 mph The pressure is 1003 mb, has been falling slowly all day. Heavy rain showers all afternoon, I've not seen snow flakes, but my collegue at work says there was sleet mid afternoon.

Alness, Highlands Broken Cloud and windy, Dry. Milder than yesterday (but not for long according to the forecast) Current Temp - 8.6'C Wind - 34mph (W) gusting 47mph Humidity - 76% Pressure - 1005 mb (falling)

Alness, Highlands Overcast and damp feeling. but no actual rain, feels quite mild even though it is a low temperature Temp. 4'C Dewpoint 3'C Pressure 1020 mb Humidity 93% No Wind.

I know it is a couple of days late, but there was a little snow on the A9 between Inverness and Perth on Saturday morning, the road was clear, but the grass verges were white for about 30 miles or so, but then we were 1500 feet or so ASL. There was a good dusting on the moutains too, and it lasted all day as it was still there on the way home too.