Weather- January 2010

[David Nicholson]

Looks as though a lot of Scotland is in for a large quantity of snow tonight.

[Maggi Young]

Looks as though a lot of Scotland is in for a large quantity of snow tonight.

Gee, spread the joy, why dont't you!

[David Nicholson]

You get the snow, I get the rain-seems fair to me

[Stephenb]

You won't see it in Scotland as some fellow just told me you're in for a lot of the white fluffy stuff tonight, but last night there was an unusually strong aurora much further south than normal (and we're heading into a good period for the northern lights it seems). Here's a Norwegian report (use Google translate or just look at the pictures):

http://www.yr.no/nyheter/1.6956217

Yes, it is Weather, solar weather...

[Martinr]

Magic, on my list of things to see before I die

[David Nicholson]

Not leaving us shortly are you Martin?

[Ragged Robin]

Lucky you, Stephen, how far south can you see them from?

[Stephenb]

On the link I gave it says that in very exceptional circumstances they have been seen in Italy. The sightings yesterday were well south of here, which made me think they were probably visible in Scotland. The light show has been rather poor over the last year or so due to the sun having a rest...

[Lesley Cox]

Magic, on my list of things to see before I die

You could have carried Joanna Lumley's suitcase Martin. Could have been spinoff advantages too, over and above viewing the northern lights.

[Ragged Robin]

We have seen some wonderful things in the sky here - the sky is so clear and enormous and known locally as the 'mille etoile' - last year a night of shooting stars, quite spectacular  

[mark smyth]

We can offer some rain to others if you want some

[cohan]

used to see the northern lights quite often in edmonton... i think they may be visible sometimes here, but i rarely have a reason to be outside at night in the country...lol--and from home can only see the sky overhead, everything else is trees

[David Shaw]

Lots of rain last night took most of the remaining snow away.

[Anthony Darby]

Hope for a clear night tonight as it's a while since I've seen the Northern Lights.

[Sinchets]

We haven't seen the sun here for a week now. It is still snowing and -8C and heading for possible overnight lows of -17C. The Siberian Cold -Сибирски Студ- is on its way. Still if it only goes as low as
-17C it will have been a warmer winter than the last two