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Another week passes, and another week of cool temperatures and slow melting of the highest snow. The medium-range forecast for the high tops in Scotland shows no sign of improvement, with Cairn Gorm summit struggling to get above 3 degrees Celcius for much of the last few days. The Greenland high continues to influence the weather, dragging the rain farther south than is normal, leaving Scotland with little of the SW 'hairdriers' we would normally expect at this time of the year. Compare the two photographs by Attila Kish of Garbh Choire Mor, Britain's snowiest place. The first one was taken on 6th July:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowgeek70/7519235570/in/photostream The second on the 19th June:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowgeek70/7407052892/in/photostream/ A difference, of course, but not as much as you'd expect at this time of the year. Still a very significant depth there at present. Perhaps in the region of 10-15 metres at deepest. Sorry for the lack of hyperlinks, but writing on an iPad in 37 Celcius Crete!