Snow On The Scottish Mountains 2015.

[Mokidugway]

Awfull conditions over beattock summit with driving sleet and snow my sons texted me ..

[Rich_Clements]

Yeah the traffic Scotland cams had snow in places on the A9 this morning

[Polar Maritime]

Iain Cameron.

 

'I suspect strongly that lasting winter snow has now arrived to all locations! Full report to come over the coming days.'

[Polar Maritime]

Some heavy falls over the Scottish Mountains overnight. 

 

[Polar Maritime]

Firefly.

 

 

I have been speaking with Dr Adam Watson (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Watson_(scientist)) about the snow that has fallen over the course of the last couple of days. We have agreed that the severe drifting and strong westerly winds have covered all the remaining snow patches, and that the snow patch season for 2015 is now finished.

A full report on the numbers of patches to survive, and on which hills, will follow over the course of the next few days when we have counted and agreed on totals. However, I can safely say that this has been the best year since 1994, and easily eclipses 2000, when 41 patches survived.

[Blessed Weather]

Wonderful photo at the top of Stuchd an Lochain yesterday.

 

[Polar Maritime]

Looking full up there this morning! 

Morning Scotland! @lagganmountains @eleinflight She snowed alright! #WinterIsComing

 

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Edited November 21, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[knocker]

Iain Cameron â€@theiaincameron 5h5 hours ago

The finally tally is in! 73 patches of snow from winter 2014/15 lasted to winter 2015/16. The most since 1994.

 

 

[Polar Maritime]

A lovely bluebird day in the Back Corries with a nice covering this morning.. Summit temp -5 12mph East.

 

Edited November 22, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

Credit Firefly.

Well, folks, that's it for the season. Lasting snow has arrived to all locations in the Highlands.

A total of 73 patches of snow have survived to winter, which is the most since 1994.

Many thanks to everyone on here who has contributed. It's remarkable to see the level of interest on what is certainly a niche subject...

Attached is a list of what patches survived, and where.

See you in 2016!

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

A very good read here from firefly.

 

'My new blog entry is for the HARD-CORE snow geek. Maps! Graphs! Data! I hope you enjoy reading it at least twice as much as I did putting it together.'

http://theiaincameron.tumblr.com/…/13-seventy-three-snow-pa…

[Polar Maritime]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34941899

[Polar Maritime]

Some heavy snow to come over the ranges over the next week, With 80cm forecast. 

 

Edited November 28, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Ravelin]

Some heavy snow to come over the ranges over the next week, With 80cm forecast. 

 

What range was that? I'd not like to be up there in Tue, 123mm of rain and strong winds. Even for Scotland that's a bit excessive for skiing weather.

[Polar Maritime]

What range was that? I'd not like to be up there in Tue, 123mm of rain and strong winds. Even for Scotland that's a bit excessive for skiing weather.

 

The forecast is for Nevis Range, Yes Tue looks horrendous the Allt's will be full bore..

Edited November 28, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

Another interesting article from the Scotsman Paper.

 

http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/late-snow-brings-whitest-scots-summer-for-21-years-1-3961034

 

Plenty of Snow falling in Glencoe during the early hours..

 

Edited November 28, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Summer Sun]

Glencoe is getting a good covering this morning

 

[Polar Maritime]

A nice spread in the Sunday Times today.

 

[Polar Maritime]

Back Corries 'Nevis' are looking packed.

 

[Polar Maritime]

Snowing down to 500m in the back Corries early'r.

[Polar Maritime]

Summit temp -4.5 °C winds 80mph W and snowing at all levels. 2nd photo is looking down East gully Nevis Range Back Corries Aonach Mor

Edited December 10, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

 

 

Edited December 14, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Norrona2015]

Cairngorm starting to look the part, more heavy snow forecast for the next couple of days. Fingers crossed!

Edited December 23, 2015 by Norrona2015

[Harve]

The next set of storms aren't falling in quite so ragingly mild conditions, but even so there could be rain to all levels at times. 

[Polar Maritime]

Summit temp -2.5 °C winds gusting 60mph SW with moderate snow showers on Nevis Range. Last night freezing levels sneaked above the summits for a few hours before falling away with some heavy snowfall on gale-force SW winds. Today will produce another 20cm of fresh with snow progressing to lower levels. Christmas day will have a few light snow showers and lighter winds of late.

 

Edited December 24, 2015 by Polar Maritime