After a balmy night of just -5.1C. and only another inch or so of snow, I
spent the morning digging out the car again and clearing some of the other
paths around the house. Finished about 13.30, came in for a coffee and the
next lot of snow started about 14.00. Still snowing at 15.05 with another 3"
down. This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.
Snow now overtopping the wellies, will get the waders out of the garage when
this lot stops.

Phil
Kyle of Sutherland, 40 miles north of Inverness

On Jan 4, 3:06*pm, "Phil Gurr" wrote:
After a balmy night of just -5.1C. and only another inch or so of snow, I
spent the morning digging out the car again and clearing some of the other
paths around the house. Finished about 13.30, came in for a coffee and the
next lot of snow started about 14.00. Still snowing at 15.05 with another 3"
down. This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.
Snow now overtopping the wellies, will get the waders out of the garage when
this lot stops.

Phil
Kyle of Sutherland, 40 miles north of Inverness

I am watching its progress on my excellent weatheronline radar.
Looking at the BBC telly forecast last night it may fragment and miss
us mostly!

Just been chipping snow and ice from the front and back door. I move
around the garden and outside through a series of paths cut in the
snow, like a trapper.

"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
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On Jan 4, 3:06 pm, "Phil Gurr" wrote:
After a balmy night of just -5.1C. and only another inch or so of snow, I
spent the morning digging out the car again and clearing some of the other
paths around the house. Finished about 13.30, came in for a coffee and the
next lot of snow started about 14.00. Still snowing at 15.05 with another
3"
down. This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.
Snow now overtopping the wellies, will get the waders out of the garage
when
this lot stops.

Phil
Kyle of Sutherland, 40 miles north of Inverness

I am watching its progress on my excellent weatheronline radar.
Looking at the BBC telly forecast last night it may fragment and miss
us mostly!

Just been chipping snow and ice from the front and back door. I move
around the garden and outside through a series of paths cut in the
snow, like a trapper.


I think it'll largely hold together Brian as it's frontal snows rather than
a band of showers. I think another few centimeters is likely down here in
the Lowlands from it, although the beeb forecast rain amongst it for
Motherwell. Highly unlikely I'd have thought. When the wind swings more to
the east / north east as it's forecast to do tomorrow and Wednesday - I
think there could be the most significant snowfall yet of the winter here. A
north easterly in Winter never disappoints us in the eastern half of
Lanarkshire and the Met office NEVER forecast it as a problem when it always
is. That's consistency!

I have a series of ever larger footprints through the snow in my garden. My
neighbours' has a partly burried snowman that was constructed back on the
17th of December. His face has long since vanished under several layers of
new snow. But I'll bet there's a frozen carrot in there somewhere.

"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote in message
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"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 4, 3:06 pm, "Phil Gurr" wrote:
After a balmy night of just -5.1C. and only another inch or so of snow, I
spent the morning digging out the car again and clearing some of the
other
paths around the house. Finished about 13.30, came in for a coffee and
the
next lot of snow started about 14.00. Still snowing at 15.05 with another
3"
down. This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.
Snow now overtopping the wellies, will get the waders out of the garage
when
this lot stops.

Phil
Kyle of Sutherland, 40 miles north of Inverness

I am watching its progress on my excellent weatheronline radar.
Looking at the BBC telly forecast last night it may fragment and miss
us mostly!

Just been chipping snow and ice from the front and back door. I move
around the garden and outside through a series of paths cut in the
snow, like a trapper.


I think it'll largely hold together Brian as it's frontal snows rather
than a band of showers. I think another few centimeters is likely down
here in the Lowlands from it, although the beeb forecast rain amongst it
for Motherwell. Highly unlikely I'd have thought. When the wind swings
more to the east / north east as it's forecast to do tomorrow and
Wednesday - I think there could be the most significant snowfall yet of
the winter here. A north easterly in Winter never disappoints us in the
eastern half of Lanarkshire and the Met office NEVER forecast it as a
problem when it always is. That's consistency!

I have a series of ever larger footprints through the snow in my garden.
My neighbours' has a partly burried snowman that was constructed back on
the 17th of December. His face has long since vanished under several
layers of new snow. But I'll bet there's a frozen carrot in there
somewhere.


I had to share some pictures of the snowman etc. Uploaded a bunch from
recent days.
To be found on the front page of my website
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html
Alex.

On 2010-01-04 15:06:47 +0000, "Phil Gurr" said:

This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.

That is not what I want to hear.

Hopefully the north slopes of the Sidlaws will stop it in its tracks ...

Trevor
Anguished in Angus

On Jan 4, 7:00*pm, Trevor Harley wrote:
On 2010-01-04 15:06:47 +0000, "Phil Gurr" said:

This is a more substantial snow belt heading south to Blairgowrie.

That is not what I want to hear.

Hopefully the north slopes of the Sidlaws will stop it in its tracks ...

Trevor
Anguished in Angus

It's fizzling out into drizzle in Aboyne - no appreciable snow
attached to it