After 2 hellish days of glaze and most surfaces coated in black ice,
today has provided some respite for pedestrians. I've never known such
treacherous conditions.
The thaw has now driven the snow back to around a 30% cover and the
last 48 hours have been spent with the air temperature above zero. 2ºC
feels positively summer like! By comparison to what has been of
course.

Average December temperature for the site has now risen to -4.1ºC. The
value will end up around -3.5ºC given the forecasts til the New Year.
It'll certainly smash all December records, and is likely the coldest
calendar month in the central lowlands since January 1814.

Certainly a case of move over 1963 and Feb 47.

Alex

Wishaw, Central Lowlands

On Dec 28, 3:48*pm, Alex Stephens wrote:
After 2 hellish days of glaze and most surfaces coated in black ice,
today has provided some respite for pedestrians. I've never known such
treacherous conditions.
The thaw has now driven the snow back to around a 30% cover and the
last 48 hours have been spent with the air temperature above zero. 2ºC
feels positively summer like! By comparison to what has been of
course.

Average December temperature for the site has now risen to -4.1ºC. The
value will end up around -3.5ºC given the forecasts til the New Year.
It'll certainly smash all December records, and is likely the coldest
calendar month in the central lowlands since January 1814.

Certainly a case of move over 1963 and Feb 47.

Alex

Wishaw, Central Lowlands

Glad things are getting back to normal. No snow here now, except above
200m. 10.1C in Teignmouth with a very light south-easterly. Fog for
most of the day, much thicker above 200m.

Alex Stephens wrote:
After 2 hellish days of glaze and most surfaces coated in black ice,
today has provided some respite for pedestrians. I've never known such
treacherous conditions.
The thaw has now driven the snow back to around a 30% cover and the
last 48 hours have been spent with the air temperature above zero. 2ºC
feels positively summer like! By comparison to what has been of
course.

Average December temperature for the site has now risen to -4.1ºC. The
value will end up around -3.5ºC given the forecasts til the New Year.
It'll certainly smash all December records, and is likely the coldest
calendar month in the central lowlands since January 1814.

Certainly a case of move over 1963 and Feb 47.

Alex

Wishaw, Central Lowlands
----------------------
It was incredible stuff Alex. Glad you pulled through! Of course nothing
like 1963 down here as that was a south thing a I remember, with the NW
and Scotland being less severe.
Dave