Well I got about 7 miles East towards the A9 this morning before i had to
swallow my pride and head back as the road began to disappear and the car
began to fishtail.

Currently moderate snow with about 2-3 cm accumulating, wet snowball snow at
mo. Rained first and then turned to snow at about 07:45.

No snow at Stirling at 0930 but snowing in Dunblane which is about 400 feet
higher up and 6 miles North.

I shall have a snowman by the afternoon, just watch

brian
aberfeldy
)

Hi Brian
Been all rain so far here in Lanarkshire this morning, though I imagine some
higher parts have had sleety mixture at times.
I think we'll need to wait until this evening until it begins to turn white
here.
Gleneagles looks a riot at the moment:
http://www.camvista.com/sports/golf/gleneag.php3
I think it might be a white out in your neck of the woods once the wind gets
up later, keep us informed.
Alex.
Near Motherwell.

"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
Well I got about 7 miles East towards the A9 this morning before i had to
swallow my pride and head back as the road began to disappear and the car
began to fishtail.

Currently moderate snow with about 2-3 cm accumulating, wet snowball snow
at
mo. Rained first and then turned to snow at about 07:45.

No snow at Stirling at 0930 but snowing in Dunblane which is about 400
feet
higher up and 6 miles North.

I shall have a snowman by the afternoon, just watch

brian
aberfeldy
)

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:43:52 -0000, "Alex Stephens Jnr"
wrote:

Hi Brian
Been all rain so far here in Lanarkshire this morning, though I imagine some
higher parts have had sleety mixture at times.
I think we'll need to wait until this evening until it begins to turn white
here.
Gleneagles looks a riot at the moment:
http://www.camvista.com/sports/golf/gleneag.php3

That's more like it!

Temperature was up to 7C a couple hours but has been dipping fairly
quickly - now 4C.

Paul
Troon


--
Paul

2 inches of snow and counting... - moderate with small flakes, still green
bits under the conifers and the temp is 0.5 C, no wind yet.


"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
Well I got about 7 miles East towards the A9 this morning before i had to
swallow my pride and head back as the road began to disappear and the car
began to fishtail.

Currently moderate snow with about 2-3 cm accumulating, wet snowball snow
at
mo. Rained first and then turned to snow at about 07:45.

No snow at Stirling at 0930 but snowing in Dunblane which is about 400
feet
higher up and 6 miles North.

I shall have a snowman by the afternoon, just watch

brian
aberfeldy
)

"Paul C" wrote in message
...
That's more like it!

Temperature was up to 7C a couple hours but has been dipping fairly
quickly - now 4C.

Paul
Troon


--
Paul


Hi Paul
Temperature now going through the same dip you witnessed as soon as pressure
began to rise.
From 5.2°C one hour ago to 2.0°C now. I'm sure it'll starting to snow in
higher parts of the county now (200m+). I'm hoping this downward trend
continues for another degree or so. Also coming up on the 20mm mark, 2nd
wettest day of the year so far.
Alex.
near Motherwell.

Hi Paul
Temperature now going through the same dip you witnessed as soon as
pressure
began to rise.
From 5.2°C one hour ago to 2.0°C now. I'm sure it'll starting to snow in
higher parts of the county now (200m+). I'm hoping this downward trend
continues for another degree or so. Also coming up on the 20mm mark, 2nd
wettest day of the year so far.
Alex.
near Motherwell.


Right on cue, snowflakes have arrived only a moment after I clicked the
send button.
Winter at last.

Alex Stephens Jnr wrote:

Right on cue, snowflakes have arrived only a moment after I clicked the
send button.
Winter at last.

Rain turned to snow here just after we got back from shopping at 1500.
We now have a light covering.
--
Steve Loft
Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/

Drove from Fife to FW & back today. Started *very* early! The car has
a temperature included on the dashboard - it started at 1c (yes, I know
it's not hugely accurate but...) and dropped to 02 by Drumochter Summit.
However all roads were passable including that horrid one from
Dalwhinnie to the A85. Conditions on the A9 were better on the way back
but there was a *lot* of traffic, and on the long dual section south of
Drumochter the outside lane was impassable (except rather slowly) both
ways.

Here in Fife it's above freezing and wet. It has been overcast & dull
all day.

Lots of 'take care' roads on the RAC web site for Scotland, including
the A9 at Dunblane, lots of the A83, parts of the A9, the A84 at
Lochearnhead and westwards, and the A82 through Glencoe.


In message , Brian
Blair writes
2 inches of snow and counting... - moderate with small flakes, still green
bits under the conifers and the temp is 0.5 C, no wind yet.


"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
Well I got about 7 miles East towards the A9 this morning before i had to
swallow my pride and head back as the road began to disappear and the car
began to fishtail.

Currently moderate snow with about 2-3 cm accumulating, wet snowball snow
at
mo. Rained first and then turned to snow at about 07:45.

No snow at Stirling at 0930 but snowing in Dunblane which is about 400
feet
higher up and 6 miles North.

I shall have a snowman by the afternoon, just watch

brian
aberfeldy
)





--
Five Cats
Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

It snowed here from around 3:45pm 'til 9pm, began to settle at around
7:30pm and accumulation was 4cm at best. 6-8cm in higher parts of the area
(Newmains/Shotts). Most roads were very tricky for a while.
A gradual thaw kicked in thereafter and lasted most of the night, with
spells of rain and sleet.
24 hours later, there's still a patchy cover here.

The eventual precip. total of 31mm made it the 2nd wettest day of the year
here. May 30th being the wettest.
Alex,
near Motherwell.


"Steve Loft" wrote in message
...
Alex Stephens Jnr wrote:

Right on cue, snowflakes have arrived only a moment after I clicked the
send button.
Winter at last.

Rain turned to snow here just after we got back from shopping at 1500.
We now have a light covering.
--
Steve Loft
Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/

Alex Stephens Jnr wrote:
It snowed here from around 3:45pm 'til 9pm, began to settle at around
7:30pm and accumulation was 4cm at best. 6-8cm in higher parts of the area
(Newmains/Shotts). Most roads were very tricky for a while.

Very similar to what happened here. We didn't get the thaw though, the
temp has barely got above freezing since then (min -6.3C last night,
currently -4.4C) so we still have most of the snow lying.

The eventual precip. total of 31mm made it the 2nd wettest day of the year
here. May 30th being the wettest.

Unfortunately my rain gauge stopped recording at 14.5 mm when the snow
started - I guess I need to look into some form of heating.

--
Steve Loft
Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/