Winter Weather

[Hoy]

Here at the coast we had -10C last night, but the inland had -42C some places. Expect the same tonight.

[FrazerHenderson]

Daytime temp at 1430hrs: minus 5.5 Celsius

Snow depth now 32cm, drifts at over 80cm.

At least it covers all the imperfections in the garden as well as wider central Scotland

[GordonT]

Still without snow here in Nova Scotia. Today's high temperature was at least 10 C. There are reports that Cape Morris Jesup, in northern Greenland reached +6 C this past weekend. These strange and disturbing weather patterns have me worried. Although the unseasonable warmth is nice to enjoy, it just isn't right 

[Maggi Young]

It is announced that  "In the interest of safety both to speakers and visitors the committee have decided to cancel this Sunday’s Fritillaria Group Spring Meeting."

 Sensible move in the light of  widespread bad weather.

[Jacek]

Still without snow here in Nova Scotia. Today's high temperature was at least 10 C. There are reports that Cape Morris Jesup, in northern Greenland reached +6 C this past weekend. These strange and disturbing weather patterns have me worried. Although the unseasonable warmth is nice to enjoy, it just isn't right 

Here last night min temp -16 C.

Gordon, it is interesting. Your observation supports my view, that possibly we have the opposite weather patterns on the opposite sides of Atlantic. I only do not know if this is coincidence or a general rule. I looked into the weather forecast - Chicago +4 C now, Fargo in North Dakota +3 C soon. So probably all inland North America is filled with warm air now. But beforehand, when you had a winter surge - we had mild weather here.

I've read somewhere else, the thermo engine of Northern Atlantic have not stopped, but it is working northwards now. The North Pole is warmer than we are. The heavy cold air had to go somewhere else and it seems it decided to visit us and possibly also Robert in California. Who is responsible for the invitation??

For us there is a clear perspective for improvement. The thermo engine of mid Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea is speeding up.  The warm air will slowly push the cold one away from us (to England??). We will see.

[ian mcdonald]

Very cold with a strong wind here just now. No more snow yet. It,s winter.

[Maggi Young]

    Cancelled-  Scottish Rock Gardening Club trough planting demos  at
    Glendoick Garden Centre in Perth, Perth and Kinross
   

This has also  been CANCELLED due to the snow!

[Robert]

We are finally having winter type weather here in California. Better late than never.

I was on Peavine Ridge yesterday. I have several weather observation sites on Peavine Ridge. At the first site at 3,625 ft (1,105 meters) it was 28 F (-2.2 C) at 8:00 a.m. There was still 13.5 cm of snow on the ground equivalent to 0.68 inches or 17 mm of precipitation.

At my other site on the crest of Peavine Ridge it was 32 F (0 C) at 9:00 a.m. There was 20 cm of snow on the ground. 0.65 inches (16.5 mm) liquid equivalent was in the snow gauge. I down loaded the temperatures from my thermometer. On 28 February it was 17 F (-8.3 C) and on 25 February it was 15 F (-9.4 C).  This is "normal" winter weather for this part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains..... but a bit late in the season. Another storm is raging right now. Snow is now falling by the meters in the Sierra Nevada. This is good news.

[Hoy]

Several all time low temperature records in S Norway for March last night!

[TC]

Snow has disappeared here.  Strong cold southerly wind and temp between + 2°c / -2°c .   It seems strange that only 30 miles away in Glasgow they are up to their knees in snow.  More surprising to me is that the hills on Arran are almost devoid of snow.

[Jacek]

Again and again - today at sunrise -17 C. This type of weather is usually stable.

[Steve Garvie]

The snow continues to fall in Eastern Scotland.
Here are some rather poor images taken on my ipad through a window.


Looking up our garden the greenhouses have a further snow covering despite having been cleared twice (and protected from the north by the steeply sloping woodland behind).


The depth of snow is apparent on this patio chair.

The local Robins were in the process of setting up their breeding territories and have become viciously territorial so we have had to set up some impromptu “feeding stations” to reduce contact and fighting.

[Robert]

The stormy weather continues here in California. Heavy rain and strong winds in the Sacramento Valley. Much snow in the Sierra Nevada with reasonably low snow levels.

Several all time low temperature records in S Norway for March last night!

Trond,

What sort of daily low temperatures were set? degrees C? 

[Hoy]

Trond,

What sort of daily low temperatures were set? degrees C? 

Robert,

It is the minimum night temperature.
https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/21-nye-norske-kulderekorder-satt-i-natt-1.13935896


 I have not seen anything about lowest maximum - you have to read through a lot of numbers to find it!
https://www.yr.no/observasjonar/statistikk.html

[Hoy]

The snow continues to fall in Eastern Scotland.
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Better with snow than the very dry, cold and sunny weather we have here!