31 Mar 2021 – Cloud free Alps
Central parts of Europe have seen some beautiful sunny weather over the last few days.Looking back through the EODIS archives I see that this …
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17 Mar 2021 – snow depths across the Alps
I notice that the northern Alps have been getting a late fall of winter snow at the moment, adding to what I would have …
How to get rid of an inversion instantly
The comparatively high temperatures over the higher mountain tops across Scotland were swept away yesterday by colder air that advected down in the northeasterly …
Stubborn Moray Firth cloud refuses to budge
A strange area of low cloud in the inner Moray Firth today refuses to budge today. It’s quite detached from the real haar like …
High temperatures & low dewpoints above the inversion again on mountain tops
Someone must have thought the high temperatures from the SIESAWS observations on Cairngorm were spurious today because the UKMO have pulled them from their …
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16.7°C on Cairngorm
Another lovely crystal clear sunny day across Easter Ross and you can just make out Loch Ussie and the Cat’s back from the EODIS …
Milder air arrives on the mountains
Temperatures are around eleven degrees warmer this afternoon than they were yesterday on Aonach Mor close to Ben Nevis. I can imagine that the …
That’s not exactly what the Met Office are saying Sarah
In the lunchtime weather forecast on BBC 1 Sarah Keith-Lucas started her forecast by saying that the Met Office had issued an amber warning …
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How low will it go?
It’s been a third day of sunshine across northern Scotland and it’s going to be another very cold night once again across the Highlands. …
Perfect skiing conditions in Scotland
A combination of deep powdered snow, light winds, blue skies and lots of sunshine would normally see thousands of skiers take to the slopes …
Loch Shin and the Cuillins
In today’s visible image from the NASA MODIS satellite the seventeen mile Loch Shin in Sutherland and the the snow covered Cuillins in Skye …
A knife edge
There are only 54 miles or so between Aonach Mor (next to Ben Nevis) and Cairngorm, but the temperature contrast between the too this …
Peak temperatures over Christmas
A quick look back over the last ten days temperatures and dewpoints across a couple of high peaks and a pass across the UK. …
A few more euphemisms
I shouldn’t really complain because at least the person who wrote this forecast for the Highlands at the Met Office is obviously trying their …
The Mount Everest AWS
Kate Ravilious has been reading the bulletin of the AMS again. The research article she is talking about in her article which you can …
Yellow warning for heavy rain is only part of the story
The details in tomorrow’s yellow warning for rain only tell part of the story about the weather across northeast Scotland. At first glance the …
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Great day on Scotland’s mountains
It’s a shame that tomorrow will be an absolute nightmare if you’re caught out on them.
Rain turns to snow on back edge of cold front
It’s a shame that the SIESAWS is not online at the moment on Aonach Mor because I reckon the heavy rain that’s been falling …
Snow level falls overnight
The snow level has fallen to around 2,000 feet overnight across the northern Cairngorm as you might expect. Further west where they’ve seen much …
Winter drawers on
The northern corries of Cairngorm have already been picking up a fresh mantle of snow over the last few days. I wonder if last …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.