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If only! My ranger contract has just ended and now it’s the annual waiting game to see whether there’s budget for next season.

Scottish winter hillwalking at its absolute best today above Bridge of Orchy. Nicely consolidated snowpack after the recent thaw and enormous cornices still building on east facing slopes. The refreeze means it’s crampons on at the snow line though! Down on the road network, however, things aren’t so nice. The potholes on the A82 in particular are horrendous, but it’s generally bad everywhere. Signs of a decent winter I suppose ?

Warning has just been updated to keep it in the east for longer, so looks like it's going to go on for some time yet. We've had so many warnings for wind here over the years when it's been nothing but a gusty breeze, and this is the worst it's been for at least two years and no warning whatsoever. Sustained winds just under 50mph now.

Had a gust of 57mph just after 7am when that squall came through. That's the highest we've had here since Jan 2016.

0.3C here, but that is definitely drizzle rather than snizzle falling from the sky

Yep it went strange up here too..........but it's finished now, all too soon.

Snizzle and fog here. 2mm at best.

Yep every year there are lobsters on the slopes because folk think you can't burn when it's cold. Factor 30 today for me.....but then I burn through cloud in January ;-)

Aww, looks warm in that sun! Were they any ski tourers about in the glen?

Great pics on here today. So good to see the good weather coinciding with a weekend again so that folk can make the most of it. That Glencoe jam was to be expected I suppose, given the forecast was amazing and tomorrow.......isn't. I thought the roads up north would all be a nightmare so opted for a short drive to St Fillans instead. Didn't see a soul all day!

The hill road's fun just now

14cm on the ground......meaning 7cm today and therefore sitting pretty around @Hawesy's 6cm prediction. Another good performance!

Looks like the M90 through Fife and Kinross is down to one lane.

Yeah this current 'shower' is bonkers. There was 7cm this morning now it's up to 12cm already!! That's the most this week

Visibility is a tad poor up here just now.

Oh and 0C with an extra inch fallen this morning. We're back up to 9cm again. And now I'm wondering if there is anywhere else in the world where metric and imperial measurements get used in the same breath? ;-)

Yes, can you just tell your employer you've got an emergency at home and need to dash back to feed the cat or something?

<collective sigh of relief>

I've just been reading the news item in the Courier about tomorrow's snow. It amuses me to imagine them writing their articles from our happy, snow-obsessed perspective rather than the fear and loathing that they seem obligated to pander to......in which case the piece, with a few key words changed, would read like this: "Dundee, which has once again missed out on the best of the snowy conditions, is not within Friday’s warning area; however much of Perthshire and Fife could strike lucky. The best of the snow showers will be in the north-west of Scotland, with hail and sleet more likely near “windward coasts”. The original article is at: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/582238/travel-warning-snow-warning-extended-tayside-fife/

Definitely do that! In Nov and Dec when Fife got nothing the only way I stayed sane was by heading up to Ballater and Glen Clova........but that's the great thing about the Central Belt, in winter you're rarely more than an hour's drive away from some decent snow. Erm.....assuming you have a vehicle and operational knees ;-) I headed up Bishop Hill yesterday. Horrid and slushy lower down but still a rimey wonderland up top, with encrusted spruce trees adding to the scene

Well this is unexpected. Today was shaping up to be mostly dry in the Lomonds but we are currently being tickled by the end of a massive streamer that stretches all the way back to Ardnamurchan. I always did like that part of the world ;-)

Such a beautiful sunrise this morning. And spot on @Hawesy! 10cm, right on the money Have fun in Edinburgh. Throw a snowball at least!

That last load of showers topped us up nicely. Just shy of five inches now Funny to see it sparkling as it came down too - now at -1.1C

Good luck!!

Is that the infamous wet bulb again?