Snow in June
Snow on the mountains of Scotland in June, not unheard of, but quite a contrast to the warm spell that we saw at the end of May. Low Juliane is making her effects felt across the …
Mountain
Absolutely glorious day
Despite a temperature of only 7°C at lunchtime, it felt just like a summers day in the garden up here, in strong sunshine and only light winds. The only reason I know that is because Mrs …
Contrasting fortunes for Scottish ski resorts
Temperature during February across the high ground of central and northern Scotland were in stark contrast to the extremely mild conditions of last year when temperatures on the 14th reached 14.5°C. This year 24 hour mean …
Last nights occlusion
Last night was not a night for any wild camping in Scotland although the sunrise from the Grampians must have been quite spectacular.
The mysterious gust of 194 mph
We will never know if the wind didn’t veer more sharply into the northwest on the passage of that cold front, and allow the wind to funnel directly up Coire Cas and produce that record gust seen at the Ptarmigan station.
Doing a ton on Cairngorm
Conditions must be truly horrendous up there at the moment as the temperature is currently -2.6°C in snow and blowing snow.
Inversion rises and sharpens rapidly at the Cairnwell
Can these observation from Cairnwell be believed?
