Winter Weather 2016

[johnstephen29]

We paid for that loverly weather yesterday, last night we had a light sprinkling of snow then it froze. Around here the local council only grits the main roads and leaves the minor ones, so my route into work was interesting to say the least, I was gripping the steering wheel like a goodun. -3 tonight.

[Hoy]

You had gotten used to it driving up here.  But when the snow and ice are cold enough it is a bit more friction.

Very nice weather today also about 5F/-15C when we were out skiing.

[Maggi Young]

The RBGE ( Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh)  horticultural journal Sibbaldia is now freely available.

 See here :
http://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib

An article of interest from Sibbaldia 13 :


FORWARD PLANNING FOR SCOTTISH GARDENS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Chris Smart, Alan Elliott
http://journals.rbge.org.uk/index.php/rbgesib/article/view/79/61

[Hoy]

The last weeks we have had some sun but also rain, hail and sleet. But the sun is still low in the sky so it doesn't bring much warmth yet.

Sun curve midwinter: (it is my horizon, 360^o)



Sun curve today 27 Feb.:



Sun curve midsummer:




It is not strange that I am looking forward to summer

[Roma]

Is it supposed to be Spring now?  Sunday was a pleasant day.  Frosty start on Monday.  Dry and bright but a freezing cold wind.  Yesterday was mild with little wind.  I even saw a couple of honeybees on the snowdrops.   Now it is SNOWING!!!!

[Dionysia]

Down here in the banana belt of Wiltshire we had the worst hailstorm I've seen this side of the Alps this morning. Still a few residual pockets six hours later.

[David Nicholson]

Very blustery here, cold and frequent heavy showers with rain, hail and sleet.

[Maggi Young]

Heard that bad hailstorm hit northern France too.
It was super here in NE Scotland this morning - warm enough to take a cuppa out to the swing seat in the  bright sun .... by lunchtime the sun had gone and the temperature was dropping fast - the snow began around 2pm. Not stopped yet......

[Gabriela]

Wow! The Cyclamen look great under snow but I hope that all the other species  which are in full growth won't be damaged. We also got a fresh snow layer/cold snap but nothing unusual for us

[johnw]

A huge gale blowing here with up to 50mm of rain, I'm afraid we're sending it your way along with yet another Nor'easter due at the weekend.

john - +8c 

[TC]

The last couple of days have been cold, windless and blue skies.  With this in mind we went to Logan Gardens today -  a journey of 68 miles-only to find that it did not open until 15 March, despite being open every Sunday in February for the snowdrops.  We had a walk around the outside admiring the snowdrops through the fence.
On the shore at Ardmore, we could see the Lake district mountains covered in snow.  This gave us a visibility of 75 miles.

[Maggi Young]

Being able to have visibility for 75 miles doesn't happen very often  - did that make up for Logan being closed, Tom?

[Dave M]

Cracking day in Cumbria today, the fells look stunning. A welcome bit of sunshine to bring on the plants for Kendal show!

[Chris Johnson]

Cracking day in Cumbria today, the fells look stunning. A welcome bit of sunshine to bring on the plants for Kendal show! (Attachment Link)

... and a cracking image. Is that a stacked panorama or a cropped wide-angle?

[Maggi Young]

Such a cracking photo it  might even be Wensleydale ......... a wee Wallis and Gromit joke there, sorry! 
Super photo Dave.