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A twitter list for weather here - no need for an account or anything just view the page whenever or bookmark for future viewing: https://twitter.com/mellowmark/lists/weather On a mobile/tablet you might have to select "get desktop version" to view it though? (I have to anyway). Of course if you do have a twitter account, you can set up your own 'list' and choose exactly who is in it. Lists is the only way I have found to make good use of twitter as too many people I follow tweeting too much stuff on all sorts of subjects = way too much info. So I just made lists categorised by subject/interest and basically ignore all the other people I follow. If someone on a list is not contributing stuff of interest or is tweeting too often then I just prune them off the list.

Indeed and mostly funded by donations too, so if anyone one wants to show their support, I am sure they will appreciate it. http://www.cmrt.org.uk/ http://www.cmrt.org.uk/fund%20raising.htm

Some impressive images from Arran - wonder if this would be getting a lot more news coverage if it was happening in England? http://www.arranmountainrescue.com/#!blog/ccj4 https://www.facebook.com/Wildonarran

Cairngorms this year: http://www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2013/03/retreat-from-lairig-ghru-cairngorms-in.html https://www.facebook.com/CairnGormMtn/photos_stream Cairngorms same time last year: http://tms.nickbramhall.com/blog/2012/03/atholl-forest-and-western-cairngorms-traverse-day-2/

The wind has blown most of the snow off the tops of the Pentland Hills as well: http://www.eastsidecottages.co.uk/webcam/

Some impressive snow drifts in Wigtown: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-21910940 and on the ski centre road in the Cairngorms: https://www.facebook.com/CairnGormMtn

Yr.no is saying snow for most of the day tommorow in Edinburgh with a lull around lunchtime: http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/hour_by_hour.html Met Office says nada on Friday and just a wee bit of light snow on Saturday: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/edinburgh#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1363910400

Some nice deep snow up in the Pentlands: > http://www.winterhig...2,152573,page=3 (Scroll down to third post for picture) A photo of the Pentland hills on Thursday morning (21st): http://ow.ly/i/1Jniq Nothing in Edinburgh itself though.

Interesting article in today's (Sunday) paper: Britain's farming crisis: 'People don't realise how tough everything is' Crippling costs, bad weather and disease have hit the countryside hard – and left the future of British food in jeopardy, say the farmers fighting for survival: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/16/britain-farming-crisis-how-tough As well as this one which even makes the front page: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/16/uk-farmers-face-disaster

STV Appeal 2014 Calendar Competition (for photos of Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) Prize: Meet the Batty boy himself. "Prizes include a trip to STV in Glasgow to meet STV's popular weatherman Sean Batty and see behind the scenes of how the weather is broadcast every day, plus an STV goodie bag with STV branded merchandise. Provided your permanent address is in Scotland, we will cover your travel expenses if you live more than 50 miles from the centre of Glasgow." ... <--link (don't know why it just shows as 3 dots!!?) Might be of interest to some on here?

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I wonder if this might warrant a red warning for Friday then as it's a bullseye right over London http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=201301291800&VAR=pslv&HH=66&ZOOM=1&ARCHIV=0&RES=0&PANEL=0&LOOP=0&INFO=0&WMO=

Snow was melting rapidly in the Pentlands today was surprised how much had gone vs Thursday when I was last there.

Are those your pics? Cos if they are that Windy Wilson fella nicked one of em for his Faecesbook page: https://www.facebook.com/windywilson.weather.roads

On the plus side there might be a fair bit of snow on the higher Western hills by the end of the week: Planning Outlook: All mountain areas of Britain from Saturday, 26th January, 2013 Atlantic southwesterlies from the weekend for at least a week will bring long bouts of upland gales; often severe or storm force particularly across Scotland. Freezing level will vary with freeze thaw cycles (although only rarely will the highest Scottish summits exceed freezing point). Precipitation will be frequent and often heavy, mostly rain on lower areas, whilst mostly snow on higher summits. Total precipitation will be considerable on western mountains, with western Scotland bearing the brunt. Forecast issued at 20:49 Thursday, 24/01/13