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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:12:16 -0000, "Alex Stephens Jr"
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After a 40 hour sabatical, the snow is now greater in the mix than rain
again, but with surfaces so sodden around here I wouldn't expect anything
to
stick to the ground today.
Over 55mm of precipitation recorded here since Tuesday night, it's
probably
just as well the rain set in on Wednesday evening as I'm not sure the
populated areas of the central lowlands would handle over 2 feet of snow
at
all well in this day and age. Higher parts of Lanarkshire and West Lothian
far exceeded the maximum depth of 14cm at this site. 18 inches in the
village of Douglas was the greatest depth I've heard of locally over the
last 2 days.

I'm about to call my sister to get the latest on how things are in
Lochaber
and will probably make a seperate post to keep those interested abreast of
the situation - if you'll pardon the pun.

Alex.

Alex, I thought that a sabbatical represented one year break in seven
years, but I suppose your snow event this winter has seemed like a
lifetime! Here in Dundee, after an attempt at snow and rain at the
start of the current event beginning a couple of days ago, that led
briefly to a little bit of slush lying for a short while (but now long
gone), I have since then seen temps consistently hovering around 2 - 3
C with plenty of rain occasionally mixed in with a bit of sleet over
this period. Currently, 2.3C reported by my garden cheapo wireless
weather station. Must be the influence of the wind coming off the
North Sea and not cold enough for full-blown snow in the coastal
margins,

Geoff.

I'm sure you're right about sabatical's Geoff. You learn something new
everyday!
The weather hasn't been so different here from yours since Wednesday
evening. Although it's colder this evening at +0.7ºC .The wind is pretty
much from the N/NNE now, so there's no coastal influence at all. Light snow
flurries, but no chance of it lying tonight unless the ground freezes.

Alex