"Scott W" wrote in message
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Thanks, Norman. I now realise it wasn't my imagination that even the
big guns, including the Met Office, were ramping the possiblities of
widespread snow this week as recently as last Friday. The perils of
forecasting more than 72hrs ahead!

It all depends on perspective. Here, 600 miles north of you it has been a
bitter week
with temperatures rarely rising above 0C. and falling to around -10C. With
the
fronts moving in on Thursday, we had another 7cm. of snow overnight on top
of the existing 3cm. The snow only began to thaw last night and the snow
level is now around 300m. with fresh snow last night. Temperature currently
+3.5C. For us the forecast of a week ago was spot on.

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland, 40 miles N. of Inverness