28/29 Mar 2021 – Rainfall on Scafell Pike
The heaviest of the orographic rain that fell yesterday was concentrated over the Cumbian fells once again. Despite this the Met Office had no …
Mountains
Fractals in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania
It has been a lovely sunny day across Romania today as you can see in the visible satellite image from NASA.The dendritic outlines of …
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Cairngorm still above the inversion
What you would give for a Shanwell ascent to get an idea of the lower boundary layer of the atmosphere in the last day …
Lunchtime walk
Some images from a short walk up Cioch Mhor (482 M) adjacent to Ben Wyvis that we did this lunchtime. Very icy tracks and …
Make that four
This is the fourth day of sunshine and light winds across the Highlands, it’s been cold by night with frosts at night, but mild …
No wonder there’s not much snow in the Pyrenees
A look at temperature anomalies over Europe so far this February
The difference between a hill and a mountain
This infographic is for the benefit of people like Chris Fawkes who has trouble telling the difference between the two.
Elvis conjures up some hill snow on Sunday night
The chances of snow on Sunday night
“Snow over the tops of the mountains” – wouldn’t it be quicker and more informative to say “snow above 700 metres”?
The snows not limited to just mountain tops today Simon.
Mountain Webcams
A surprising number of good quality webcams are available to view the mountains of Scotland with.
Rainfall distribution in a showery northerly
I imagine that today’s showers have added several inches more to the existing cover above 2,500 feet on Ben Wyvis.