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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

It took 16 possibly slightly less years for a Glacier to form in ST Helens crater after the 1980 eurption. So if the conditions are right formation maybe fairly rapid.

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  • Location: Dundee
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, thunderstorms, gales. All extremes except humidity.
  • Location: Dundee

Much more snow lasting than usual for July North of Inverness, especially in the Fannichs and Beinn Dearg (also Ben Wyvis).

Further South not much left in the Cas Headwall or Coire Na Ciste on Cairngorm but good patches furthe South on East facing slopes. Similarly less than usual on Carn Na Caim but more on the West side of the A9 surviving than usually is the case. Good patches too on the Glenlyon hills.

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  • Location: halifax 125m
  • Weather Preferences: extremes the unusual and interesting facts
  • Location: halifax 125m

With the very late snowfalls of spring 15 and the cool NON summer you have been experiencing in the highlands how are the snow patches surviving in comparison with years gone by?

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  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
  • Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl

With the very late snowfalls of spring 15 and the cool NON summer you have been experiencing in the highlands how are the snow patches surviving in comparison with years gone by?

Well there are still some quite significant patches on Ben Wyvis as we view it across the Firth to the NW more than I remember for a while as it usually  is nearly clear of any snow at this time of the year. My father in law says  he thinks that 1994 was the last time there was a similar amount left at this time. Up to Dingwall  two days ago on a clear day and there were a lot of large snow patches  on the hills to the west more than on  Ben Wyvis      It just  looked like the begining of May  on the hills to the west

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  • Location: North York Moors
  • Location: North York Moors

Iain Cameron is worth following for updates.
https://twitter.com/theiaincameron

It seems likely an unusually large amount of snow will remain, however a mild wet autumn with little fresh snow until almost December might still result in a surprising turnaround later on.
Some of the places which usually have small patches remaining are currently buried under mountains of it though, it really looks exceptional so far and shorter days and lower sun are fast approaching.
 

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

The Back Corries (Nevis Range) are holding the Snow very well,  This pic is from just a few hours ago.., With the chance of Snow on the summits Tuesday/Wednesday and the wind chill well below freezing for most of the week. You can even see recent dirty avalanche debris in the main basin.  

 

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

More Snow forecast for this week as well. Rather interesting it will be too see what will survive this year.

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Great to see you posting here again firefly with invaluable info. Keep up the hard work ☺

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  • Location: Dundee
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, thunderstorms, gales. All extremes except humidity.
  • Location: Dundee

Thursday is the most likely day for snow to fall this week Cold enough on the high Cairngorms for it to lie temporarily too. Very unusual , even exceptional for late July.

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  • Location: Headington,Oxfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: Headington,Oxfordshire

Cool Northerly airflow in July, with temperatures low down. So Scottish Mountains could see something temporary, with alot of height?!

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Snow on the Caingorms today '29th July'..

 

https://www.facebook.com/jonny.porteous.7/videos/10153479332718756/

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

If its good enough for Firefly..

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  • Location: Dundee
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, thunderstorms, gales. All extremes except humidity.
  • Location: Dundee

Cairngorm weather station has started working again today. Min this morning was -0.9C. Now 1.3C. There have been faint rainfall echoes on the radar all morning so possibility of snow on the summits?

Quite a bit milder further West so less likely there.

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  • Location: halifax 125m
  • Weather Preferences: extremes the unusual and interesting facts
  • Location: halifax 125m

I do believe there is aprox a 2 week spell that has never seen snow in the highlands,i forgot where the details are,does anyone know if ths snow/potential snow is in that period?

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  • Location: Dundee
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, thunderstorms, gales. All extremes except humidity.
  • Location: Dundee
I do believe there is aprox a 2 week spell that has never seen snow in the highlands,i forgot where the details are,does anyone know if ths snow/potential snow is in that period?[/quote

It is supposedly the last week of July and first week of August and relates to new lying snow I believe, so yes it is in the period.

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Not snow though  :nonono:

The quality of the video - which was taken on a mobile phone - is not wonderful. However, the observer is and has stated that wet snow was definitely falling. Admittedly it's not a lot, but remarkable for late July.

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I do believe there is aprox a 2 week spell that has never seen snow in the highlands,i forgot where the details are,does anyone know if ths snow/potential snow is in that period?

 

Not quite. The longest spells that snow has never been known to fall is seven days: both of which in August (7-13th and 21-27th). August is the least snowy month in the UK. The total number of days (since 1943) in August where we have not seen snow in any year is 19.

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

This is what happens when dead grass blows on to snow, gets caught on the ridges, then the snow melts around it. The grass on those ridges acts as a 'sun hat', slowing the melting process.

Glad Maol, yesterday.

Firefly. 'Iain Cameron'
 
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  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)
  • Weather Preferences: Unseasonably cold weather (at all times of year), wind, and thunderstorms.
  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)

Just caught the end of a report on BBC Breakfast about the Scottish snow patches, featuring Iain Cameron.

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  • Location: North York Moors
  • Location: North York Moors

Yes it was part of a look at the unusually cold and wet summer parts of Scotland have endured so far, and how it was causing problems such as cattle having to be housed and fed like it was winter.

It's amazing really, they showed a mudbath farm near Glasgow which is not much more than 100 miles direct from here - where it's practically drought conditions (though still been rather cool).

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  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK
  • Weather Preferences: Northeasterly Blizzard and sub zero temperatures.
  • Location: Ski Amade / Pongau Region. Somtimes Skipton UK

Funny enough we had a news programme out here on one of the regional TV stations about the Scottish summer weather and snow retention in the some of the higher parts. It was basically a comparison of the record breaking heat out here in the Eastern Alps and the cold/ wet summer in North and West of the British Isles. It showed how the hill and island farmers have suffered with below average growth and a wet 12 months. Also showed summer ski-ing in Scotland, all in a complete contrast to slushy glacier ski-ing over here at 3000m. Basically blamed El Nino conditions for a cold North Atlantic Ocean and searing heat not a million miles away from the South Coasts of Great Britain.

 

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Typical weather shot of this summer season in our parts.

 C

 

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  • Location: North of Sheffield
  • Location: North of Sheffield

The BBC report talked about 'snow being present for 12 continuous months, which will be the first time this has happened since the Glencoe ski area opened in the 1960's.'  

As a regular viewer of the Glencoe webcams, over the last few years, it is certainly the latest I have seen snow present.

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