NorthernRab

Instead of saying we "speak" Gaidhlig, we say that we "have Gaelic" - so it's "a bheil Gaidhlig agat?" (a-vil gah-lick ah-kut?) The answer? Chan eil Gaidhlig gle mhath agam - Ged tha beagan agam, ceart gu leor - tha mi a Gaidhealtachd. I don't have brilliant Gaelic, but of course being from the Highlands I have some. Ydych chi'n siarad Cymraeg? Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon!

I'm a born and bred Invernessian but my family are all from other parts of the Highlands besides Inverness: Dalwhinnie (very snowy), Wester Ross, Croftnacreich, Garve. I've worked in Aviemore for a couple of years, fairly often go ski-ing in the Cairngorms and so on

Snow lying at the moment in Rovaniemi, certain of it looking at the camera.

Surely though if the NAO was to disappear, high pressure systems would have more influence over the UK, thus further depleting the influence of the remaining westerly winds? A moderate westerly wind is all very well, but somewhere like say the central Highlands which often feels the effects of Atlantic low pressure systems (the Scottish Western Highlands are arguably second only to Eilean Siar / Hebrides in terms of Atlantic activity on the mainland UK) would surely experience a fairy considerable drop in temperature? I remember reading some theoretical scenarios with regards to a loss of the NAO, and northern Scotland and western Norway were argued to experience the most serious of drops in temperature, with the rest of the UK still being quite considerably effected. End of the Western world, probably not on the face of it (although as this is surely a new climate we are discussing who knows what other factors would come into play), but in either case we really don't want anything like this to happen partly because so much of the UK's large green energy potential would disappear into nothingness.

Oh dear, not sure I can live up to the statement. Here goes anyway! Woods near Inverness: Tom An t-Sabhail (Tomintoul) again Aviemore The road to the Cairngorms The Cairngorms themselves That'll do for now I think, more later - enjoy

Aye it's great, but I think I could do better if you'd like? :lol:

Tom an t-Sabhail (Tomintoul) last winter, Scottish Highlands last winter

Just shy of -18'C in Inverness on December 29th of that year (1995)! Although young, I remember it being bitingly cold around Christmas. My cousins from London were up with their girlfriends and acted as though they were about to die the entire time

I blame Charles Dickens and his take on Christmas. Genuinely.

I didn't manage to log weather statistics this month, although I will say that it's quite interesting (although not that unusual) that Tulloch Bridge in the Scottish Highlands reached -4.2'C this early in the game.

Out of interest, can we have regional (and national in the case of Scotland / Ireland {north and republic} / Wales) threads again this year? It was great having all the sweaty socks in one thread, meant we could really get down to detail with discussions and forecasts. It was great how organised it was, if you were looking for a particular snow event it was simply a case of looking into the correct region - hope this format returns this year I couldn't tell you, but I'd imagine it would be around the middle of any English list, a little bit further down for UK as a whole - Manchester is quite a fair size to say the least, so it will have a significant warming effect in the centre, with the outskirts seeing more in the way of persistent, long lasting snow.

Cheers for that Norrance, good find! Although I've quote the Inverness weather station because it is quite frustrating that it's just not really an Invernesian station (we don't really actually have one). I know that no weather station for any city is ever going to be bang on, but Dalcross is right beside the coast, miles down the Firth (a mitigating factor for cold weather, see Rosehearty's mild climate for example) whereas much of Inverness lies on uphill slopes of the Glen Mhor - really a weather station at somewhere like Culloden or Lochardil would be much more desirable. I remember speaking with Pete the mod, very banterous guy who lived in Inverness for some time, he lived tight down by the coast and when it was snowing heavily in my garden it would be sleet for him - this is nothing compared to Gillian in Milton of Leyes (high elevation part of Inverness) who experiences some very snowy winters indeed. One thing all the Invernesian Netweather-ers did get to talk about was the freezing fog we often get though Definitely Snowiest settlement in Scotland must be Braemar, not Tomintoul?

Aberdeen has to be the snowiest city in the UK and I think that last winter was probably the only one I can remember during my lifetime when it was Inverness and not Aberdeen. It was very odd last winter, the Invernesians, Glaswegians, Dundonians and Edinburgers all shivering away while Aberdeen seemed to be struggling to drop below freezing, but it did quickly change and Aberdeen eventually joined in the fun I recall.

Northerlies can cause some of the fiercest weather in Scotland though

Was up Cairngorm for a ski yesterday and what conditions we have!!! Absolutely beautiful, better than all my trips to France and Italy. Very sore due to lots of trips down the White Lady and the Gullies but so worth it! Coire an T-Sneachda was looking stunning, as was Fiacall a' Choire Clais!

I was the same in Inverness yesterday! My house had about 5 inches, 25 metres down hardly anything!This spell was just a degree or two above a countrywide hammering!

I was reading an article on how it would affect Western Norway and Scotland (two areas geographically linked in terms of the last ice age, hence the deep sea Lochs and the Norwegian Fjords) and it was discussing the possibility of a 12'C drop in Western Scotland and Western Norway, making places like Stornoway, Kyle of Lochalsh etc plummet in temperature. I can only begin to imagine what this would do to the Machair of Eilean Siar :lol:

A March Nrly is the only way to finish off this winter now

Just goes to show how marginal this is in Inverness, just 25 metres altitude is the difference between very, very little snow at sea level and 3 inches! I demand some nice photos of beautiful An t-Srùigh under the sneachd from yourself soon mate

It just turned to snow in Inverness according to the webcam and is now beginning to lie, so probably stay as snow!

MY TRAIN TO INVERNESS IS CANCELLED!!!!!!!

Loving the current Aviemore webcam! http://www.winterhighland.info/cams/aviemore/

Indeed. Big earner for our ski-ing industry though! And correct about the coastal marginal situation, always the case. Pete used to get sleet right down on the Moray Firth coast in Inverness while Gilly and I would get some nice sneachd, so I reckon Gilly in particular will see a monster snowfall over the next couple of days.

You think? Temps and dew points look on the right side of marginal?

We're 100 miles away from Aberdeen, nothing to do with those Lowlanders