Kelly

Heavy snow showers here this morning (even at 19m asl so hope for coasties), beginning to settle. Still pretty gusty when the showers get going. Have today and tomorrow off so i'm looking forward to gazing out of the window all day!

We just had a mini snow shower HC, but I'm house sitting and am 150m ASL compared to my usual 19, so maybe that's made all the difference! It settled immediately, but don't think we'll get anymore now...

Am I allowed an IMBY post seeing as we still have absolutely zilch here? I'm not holding my breath for tomorrow either! What are my chances?

Ahh so frustrating! Showers seem to be stalling before they get here

Morning morning! Wasn't expecting any snow yet but a shower that lasted about an hour has given a very thin covering to Inverness and the Black Isle - HC the shield is down! Odd that radar isn't showing anything, or any of the forecasts for my local area. Hopefully the showers are being pushed inland earlier than expected! Hope everybody gets to see some snow today.

Haven't been on for a few days so thought I'd pop in and see what's happening - how's things looking for the weekend? Just looked out the window as I'm typing and it's snowing in Inverness! Wee tiny flakes but still the first I've seen since this cold spell started. Maybe the Black Isle won't be so black by the end of the week. Hope so!

I'm actually on the Black Isle, was trying to be 'safe' by not giving my exact location away... HC, it's snowing in Culbokie according to my sis, not too far away from us (from your pics looks as though you are in my neck of the woods)!

Come on HC, positive thinking and all that

Power out on Skye! Visiting family for the night. No snow though - maybe on the way back to Inverness tomorrow..

Getting wild out there now... Wheelie bin down! Feels balmy in the milder air.

Snow here - a thin covering from a heavy shower earlier!

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/16899-/ Cloud pic from yesterday. Can I upload pics straight to forum without having to add them to a gallery? Gorgeous day here, nice to see the sun. Maybe some snow on the way for later?

Mammatus clouds over the black isle - will post a pic later. Merry Christmas to all!

Snowing in Inverness! Pavements turning white, hope its also snowing at home! Very Christmassy.

Since joining this forum I have become a little bit obsessed with the weather! I actually imagined I was seeing snowflakes last night...

Snow on the Black Isle this morning, even at my 20m ASL. Beginning to melt/turn to drizzle now

For some reason the wind direction has to be just right for us to get decent snowfalls on the Black Isle. I think that is how it got its name? LS the charts you posted earlier from December 2009 were some of the best snowfalls I've seen. Especially New Years eve! My neighbours shed roof collapsed the next day from the weight of the snow!

I'm on the Black Isle - recently moved closer to sea level than I was before so hoping I still see some decent snow! Couple of pics from New Years day 2010 just to get us in the mood (credit has to go to my Dad for these - he takes a good pic). https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/16702-/ https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/16701-/ https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/16700-/

Thanks for that - great explanation. I loved that winter. People talk a lot about winter 10-11 but 09-10 I think was much better (especially for snow)! Exciting to see how things are panning out.

I've finally found the right forum for me! Weather for the next week looking promising Would love to see a repeat of 2009-2010 Winter, wonder if anyone could tell me why we had such prolonged cold and how likely this would be to happen again? Having trouble uploading a pic, how can I get it small enough?!

Hi everyone, am new to posting but have been a lurker for a little while! I have my fingers crossed for a cold winter but I was wondering if anyone could tell me why winter 2009-2010 was particularly good for my location - just north of Inverness - or North East in general? We had an accumulation of almost 2ft of snow by January 2010. Everyone talks of the Northern Blocking in early Dec 2010 but this provided little snowfall for us and also we didn't have prolonged cold as with 09-10 (we had lying snow until the beginning of Feb 10!) I am very much an amateur so nothing too complex please!