Weather 2008

[Maggi Young]

Been out in the garden and the greenhouse most of the day today which has had the odd sunny spell and a reasonably pleasant 12C. If the Weather men get it right it looks as though the South West should miss the worst of the cold snap.

You are SUCH a comfort  to me, David.......     I have just taken my day-girl spaniel back home...it's flippin' perishin' out there! Both Figo, the young spaniel and Miss Lily, our westie both trot happily through the white stuff, snuffling about gleefully and generally enjoying the snow.... I trudge along thinking that life in the banana belt.... ANY banana belt, gets more appealing every year 
Earlier I had Jean Wyllie on the phone.... "been a lovely day down here" she says, from Dunblane..........
gee, thanks for that news, Jean, David..........

[David Shaw]

Our 'Banana Belt' has fared a little better than Aberdeen. It has been dry so far and the temperature even rose to 3C. I see that snow is forcast here for tonight then a bright but very cold day tomorrow. Then on Sunday we have a severe weather warning for rain!
Just inland the raids have been bad with serious conditions in the Rothes/Craigellachie area. Well, it is nearly Christmas.

[Maggi Young]

Yup, those inland "raids" are a bummer and no mistake.... but who knew they extended beyond the border reivers?

[David Shaw]

OK, dear, perhaps that G&T was a bit early. How about 'roads' and 'Border Ravers'?

[fermi de Sousa]

Just inland the raids have been bad with serious conditions in the Rothes/Craigellachie area. Well, it is nearly Christmas.

Vikings? Still?
cheers
fermi
in Goa, where an afternoon siesta is still de rigeur due to the heat! Be careful what you wish for!

[Roma]

Raining again!  The snow will soon be gone and it will be back to mud again.

[Armin]

Snowfall!

Can't remember the last 25 years we had snowfall so early 22./23 November!
When we got snow then late January/February.

I hope a bit for a white christmas but also that next week frost and snow is gone!
I still have to lay crocus corms and others I purchased cheaply from a local garden center at the end of the bulb sales season.

But I'm also not sure this early snow fall is a sign for a coming strong winter or just opposite with green christmas and +15°C as usual?

Maybe just the cognition remains that weather is caotic and not realy predictable:

[Susan]

Fermi, it has been warm here, early to mid 20's and that is all I can stand,  so you are welcome to the heat of Goa.  Hope you are having a wonderful time. 

We are waiting for rain - it has been promised for a while but does not seem to eventuate.  The garden is very dry, not helped by the fact that there seems to have been an almost constant wind. 

Susan

[Lesley Cox]

Same here Susan, another hottie today, 27C so far and a strong nor'wester with it. HATE days like this.

[Paul T]

Maggi,

Great to see Calvin making an appearance in the forums, and looking so very handsome as well! 

David,

Your weeks worth of rain in the wheelbarrow is about a year's worth here at the moment I think.  At least it seems like it.  How many inches or rain did you have to get that much in the wheelbarrow?

[mark smyth]

My wheel barrow lies outside, very lazy of me I know, and it was over flowing when I emptied it

[Anthony Darby]

Has David got a wheelbarrow full too?

[Paul T]

Er Sorry, that should have been Anthony I was talking to, not David.  Having one of my regular "senior" moments, which is never good for a 39 year old. 

In all seriousness, I reckon that leaving a wheelbarrow outside here it would never fill up as it would keep evaporating between rain events.  I think our average for the year is around 600mm of rain, but not entirely sure about that.  Currently I think we're around 450mm, so looking like we'll end up well short or average yet again.

[Anthony Darby]

I re-emptied it yesterday as it had filled up again. We had an inch of snow and I went for a walk up the hill from my house towards Sheriffmuir. Loads of rabbit, deer and fox footprints.

[Maggi Young]

Maggi,

Great to see Calvin making an appearance in the forums, and looking so very handsome as well! 

Yes, Paul, but a little embarrassing since we have just got a new South aFrican Forumist called calvin! I hope he is not offended by our use and delight of a cartoon character with his name?!!