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What temps have folk got? It's -0.5C here. Not that often that we get snow falling up here in subzero conditions.

Snowing again here for the first time in a few hours. About 3 inches in the garden but there's nothing left on summit of East Lomond as it's all been blasted away! Just rime on the western aspects and ridges.

Blowing around a lot up here too, as the snow is very granular.

Oh that's better. 2 inches in the last half hour

Nowt here....except a modest 1mm perhaps. Too much of a southerly element on the flow for anything to reach us.

I'd be happy with 5cm.....but I certainly won't complain about 10cm Cheers! Sleeting here and 3.4C.

5.4c here in what has been a very calm and subdued week of weather. There is still some ice clinging on in the fields and I think West Lomond still has some snow. Lovely cool start to the year. Such a difference from last winter ? Like Blitzen, I’m assuming snizzly dandruff at best ?

I wouldn’t be surprised. When I got back to the car at 5pm after my walk it was saying -9C even then!

Oh and forgot to say, in the first six days of January I've had the same amount of precipitation as fell in the whole of December!

Another gorgeous start to another gorgeous winter's day I know some folk are pulling their hair out at the lack of lowland snow but I've really enjoyed the cold this year (so far). We've certainly missed out on the snow here in Fife because of those pesky northerlies but aside from the grey room of the past week, the sunshine and frozen waterfalls have more than compensated. The last few years we just haven't had frozen ground here in the Lomonds but it's felt like the norm rather than the exception for a change. I cant' remember the last time I went to Kinross Sainsburys and DIDN'T almost fall over cos of the ice! Hope it continues......but I hope all you folk pining for the white stuff get some too

Well spotted ??

Clearly my car is a poorly calibrated thermometer but my nose, fingers and beard can all confirm it was very a tad colder than usual in Amulree this morning

Leave 'em up, I say! I keep mine up till the end of February, celebrating every last ounce of winter I can ;-) The tree is something of a fire hazard by that point but it's nice to have the colour in the house till the days brighten up On another note......gorgeous morning on Birnam Hill!

Most of the snow events up here are rain to snow, or at least very soggy ground to snow. Evaporative cooling has been our saviour on more than one occasion!

Now down to 1.6C and the snow is starting to win......but looks like it's going to fizzle out just as it's got going.

Big fat snow. 2.2C but still not lying.

It's been snowing on and off all morning but not lying. I can't see East Lomond as it's hiding in the murk but I dare say West Lomond has a cosmetic white dusting by now. Here, however, it is green and grey and horrid. Hasn't stopped raining since 11am on Tuesday!

About 6 or 7cm up here in the end, which makes it the best fall of the winter in these parts.....but not close to Storm Doris in Feb this year. There were footprints EVERYWHERE today! Nice to see folk seizing the moment ?

Couple of inches here but hard to tell exactly as it's blowing around a lot. Gagging to get out when it eases in the next half hour or so. Or......why not just head out now anyway! <dons goggles>

What are you like!? ;-)

Every year I tell folk I can smell snow on the wind when we get those first gloriously fresh and chilly northerlies in September......to bemused expressions ?

YES!!!!

Funnily enough that was the year I tried to climb Tinto for the first time......but couldn't because there was a level foot of sinking snow in those fields at Wiston. Came back in the summer ;-) But yep you're right, those fields are a nightmare. Even yesterday it was a bit dicey in places as there was a frozen crust on the mud. Probably a bit better today though after last night. My car thermometer was reading -9C when I drove through Hyndford Bridge yesterday morning!

Ugh, you do realise you've jinxed it now ;-)

Well spotted! The south gets the sun, the powder and is sheltered from the savage northerly wind.......and yet nobody else whatsoever went up there yesterday. But that's fine cos it means it's usually beautifully quiet ;-) I did a bit of investigating on Instagram on Tuesday night to see where had caught the most snow and Tinto looked a good bet. The snow is quite localised though as you drive around. Just north of Forth seemed to have caught the most, up by the smelly windfarm.