A period of snow this morning gave a further 4-5cm, taking the depth up to
32cm. First time I've recorded a foot of snow here since the February 2001
blizzard. We've now had a complete cover of snow here for 3 full weeks and
the snow has fallen on 18 of the 21 days.
Elsewhere in the county, higher parts of Larkhall have around 40cm of snow
and further out in the countryside - the village of Douglas, in the South
East of Lanarkshire and much higher up has over 2 feet of snow lying now
(60cm+). Motherwell, lower down and further west that Wishaw, has a mere
20cm.
It looked to me as though the Borders were hit hard with snow this morning
from the radar and all roads in the region are reported as being closed on
the news. I'd doubt that to be true, but I'm sure many of them are.

Statistically the mean temperature in Wishaw for the entire winter currently
stands at -1.3ºC (the entire winter of 62/63 was around 0.0ºC here)
For the last 28 days -2.5ºC
For the last 21 days (since the snow arrived) -3.5ºC
For the last 2 weeks -4.0ºC.
The average minimum for January is currently -10.4ºC here, which must be
around the lowest in the entire country.
The beeb forecast minimum's in Scotland as low as -20ºC in the next few
days, I don't think they'll be far off the mark.
Enter the realm of frozen pipes, pointless gritting and freezing diesel.
Alex.
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Conditions in Wishaw @ 2:55pm, 6/1/10
Temperature -3.8°C. Dew point -7.0C. 79.0%RH
Mean wind speed 0mph
Remarks; 32cm lying snow
Cloud cover: none
MSLP 1014.3mb, Steady.
Today's Max. 0.6°C at 1:09pm.
Today's min. -7.9°C at 6:54am.
Today's rain 0.0mm
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". 360ft/117m amsl
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On Jan 6, 3:30*pm, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:
A period of snow this morning gave a further 4-5cm, taking the depth up to
32cm. First time I've recorded a foot of snow here since the February 2001
blizzard. We've now had a complete cover of snow here for 3 full weeks and
the snow has fallen on 18 of the 21 days.
Elsewhere in the county, higher parts of Larkhall have around 40cm of snow
and further out in the countryside - the village of Douglas, in the South
East of Lanarkshire and much higher up has over 2 feet of snow lying now
(60cm+). Motherwell, lower down and further west that Wishaw, has a mere
20cm.
It looked to me as though the Borders were hit hard with snow this morning
from the radar and all roads in the region are reported as being closed on
the news. I'd doubt that to be true, but I'm sure many of them are.

Statistically the mean temperature in Wishaw for the entire winter currently
stands at -1.3ºC (the entire winter of 62/63 was around 0.0ºC here)
For the last 28 days -2.5ºC
For the last 21 days (since the snow arrived) -3.5ºC
For the last 2 weeks -4.0ºC.
The average minimum for January is currently -10.4ºC here, which must be
around the lowest in the entire country.
The beeb forecast minimum's in Scotland as low as -20ºC in the next few
days, I don't think they'll be far off the mark.
Enter the realm of frozen pipes, pointless gritting and freezing diesel.
Alex.
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Conditions in Wishaw @ 2:55pm, 6/1/10
Temperature -3.8°C. Dew point -7.0C. 79.0%RH
Mean wind speed 0mph
Remarks; 32cm lying snow
Cloud cover: none
MSLP 1014.3mb, Steady.
Today's Max. 0.6°C at 1:09pm.
Today's min. -7.9°C at 6:54am.
Today's rain 0.0mm
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". *360ft/117m amslhttp://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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-9.1 average min here in Aberfeldy

"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
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-9.1 average min here in Aberfeldy



I'm sure you'll undercut me soon Brian, you're more likely for a -20ºC than
here.
It's not out of the question for here either mind you, in the middle of
Scotlands biggest glen (the central lowlands) - with deep snow cover.
I'd also fancy the UK record is up for the taking in the usual spots, aka
Braemar, Altnaharra, before or during the weekend.
Alex.

On Jan 6, 4:25*pm, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:
"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in ...

-9.1 average min here in Aberfeldy



I'm sure you'll undercut me soon Brian, you're more likely for a -20 C than
here.
It's not out of the question for here either mind you, in the middle of
Scotlands biggest glen (the central lowlands) - with deep snow cover.
I'd also fancy the UK record is up for the taking in the usual spots, aka
Braemar, Altnaharra, before or during the weekend.
Alex.

It is -8 C here at 17:00. Just had to dig out and push another BMW!

about my sixth this cold spell

"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
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It is -8 C here at 17:00. Just had to dig out and push another BMW!

about my sixth this cold spell.



-8ºC here also, we're in tandem tonight.
No such woes with BMW's mind you lol.
I see it's -13ºC in Gleneagles just now, not sure about the station set up
there, but it usually seems reliable.
Alex.

"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote in message
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"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
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It is -8 C here at 17:00. Just had to dig out and push another BMW!

about my sixth this cold spell.



-8ºC here also, we're in tandem tonight.
No such woes with BMW's mind you lol.
I see it's -13ºC in Gleneagles just now, not sure about the station set up
there, but it usually seems reliable.
Alex.

The temperature has risen at Gleneagles, they are up to -6ºC, cloud cover or
wind being the culprit (or saviour depending on viewpoint)
Still falling here in Wishaw, -10.3ºC at 6.20pm. Without cloud cover or
wind, we could be heading down to the UK winter record so far. Prestwick and
Edinburgh aren't far behind.

In article ,
Alex Stephens Jr writes:

"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message
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It is -8 C here at 17:00. Just had to dig out and push another BMW!

about my sixth this cold spell.



-8ºC here also, we're in tandem tonight.
No such woes with BMW's mind you lol.
I see it's -13ºC in Gleneagles just now, not sure about the station set up
there, but it usually seems reliable.

I saw on Ceefax that it was -6C in Leeds at 16:00, which if correct is
fairly remarkable.
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