On 05/02/2017 20:22, Graham Easterling wrote:
Still not enough snow for skiing at Cairngorm.http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lifts-pistes/ They've only had sufficient snow on a handful (literally) of days this year. A bit here https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedking...otland-weather

They'll be keeping their fingers crossed for a good Easter.

Meanwhile, back in Cornwall a reasonable day with just a couple of brief showers & sunny spells, good visibility and much calmer sea conditions - especially on the south coast. Swell down to 6-8' even out at Sevenstones.

Around Marazion piles of weed washed up after the 1st big sea of the winter.

Graham
Penzance


It is interesting, that despite being around 4,000 ft asl, not very far
away from the Arctic circle, and having a polar tundra climate, weather
setups can happen which result in the Cairngorms lacking in snow cover
during what is supposed to be, climatologically, the coldest part of the
year. I have seen freezing levels over 9,000ft before at around this
time of year for a day or two but wasn't aware that during the whole
winter, the synoptic pattern could ever persistently be unfavourable for
snow at altitude at 58N. I suppose it is similar in a way to southern
counties having a Mediterranean-like summer such as 1976.