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Good to see everyone getting into the festive spirit this morning no doom and gloom in here .oh and apparently according to the cfs model it's going to be a white one

Excellent read well done guys .now i need to go for a walk in the -6c air just now

Met office sitting on the fence . Forget brexit and trump for president that has got to be the biggest shock this year

Yep definitely looks like the EXCITEMENT is building for winter

Light wet snow now 1.2c

Light rain here just now currently 2.7 down from a max of 3.8c an hour ago.Street lights on eyes peeled

Good morning all a very early start to the will it won't it snow season for my neck of the woods. Met office warnings check vantage vue snow symbol showing check winter gang back in the regional check .here we go new season stats met office hyperbole 0 actual snow 0 Currently 2.1c from a low of -2.9 this morning

Obviously not earl grey . Their the ones the daily express swear by

My location in the west of Scotland which is pretty wet by national averages receives about 1 meter of rain annually. to get that in about 48hrs really is unbelievable

You should move to the west of Scotland it's been autumn since June 2015

Sure did one of the best storms I've seen in ages I was woken around 2:30 with the baby monitor bleeping after the power was cut thought I could here thunder in the distance then a big flash .if there is a good thing to be woken up in the middle of the night a surprise thunderstorm has got to be it

And after 40 days and 40 nights the rain eventually STARTED

Yep time for some anadin

Don't stop posting Gordon it's a forum about the weather love it or loathe it .what is the worst that can happen getting killed by lightning me personally I can think of worse ways to die and I know there would be some chuckles at my funeral

Nature will balance itself out and all the sun starved people on the north and east coast will soon b rejoicing when summer starts and the warm mist and drizzle rolls into the west of Scotland over the next 3 months. I'm just making the most of this lovely weather here in the trossachs best may for a number of years max temp of 24.9c today not far behind last year's max of 25.5c

I see Kim Jung loon found GPs torpedo and fired it right into the stratosphere to stop any kind of sudden warming.He knows that most of the people in the UK would love to see cold weather in winter and by doing this really hits us where it hurts. cover them up Sydney but not from the cold . Ps as much as I hated seeing the charts that knocker kept posting the majority of them were spot on for mildes this winter will be the benchmark for years to come

N.S do you not know that there is a yellow sorry amber warning soon to be RED warning and a c.o.b.r.a. meeting for the people down sarf. I just hope dave has got plenty hairspray on his quiff when he addresses the nation on the immenint devastation with all this severe weather going on there i dont think they really care what's happening elsewhere

Just googled it myself the weather channel says they are rare beautiful and DESTRUCTIVE wtf

Snowing again just now nice surprise after a couple of inches of wet snow this morning with temperatures below 0c until about lunchtime then a little wintry mix and a max temp of 1.1c currently -0.4c and only going one way now . I agree about the smug weather presenters saying it's going to be mild it is the met office and bbc default setting and only at the very last minute (or sometimes not at all) they will mention cold and snow . you won't see the sportscene guys looking as smug when Celtic win the premiership when they stuck their neck on the line and predicted it. sorry for the rant I ficking hate the mild super duperty weather

Still moderate snow just now although the wet variety and sticking to everything including the telephone line that is sagging to about 6 foot of the ground . One thing I'll have to admit to is that Stirling district finest council workers have done a good job clearing the side roads over the weekend (maybe the double time) it must be Monday now because I've yet to see a gritter and people have to get to work.

Heavy snow on here just now about an inch in half an hour and looking set in for the afternoon. oh well fire filled up with logs beer in the fridge footy on the tv and watching the heavy snow fall outside.if carling did Saturday afternoons currently -2.2 from a low of -5.8 at 7am

1st snow of 2016 here and a little unexpected I must admit started snowing lightly at about half 2 this afternoon and has been on since there's maybe about an inch on the ground should be nice tomorrow morning with the hills in the trossachs having there winter cloaks on

Evening I've just watched the bbc 10 day forecast it looked like in the next 5 days there's going to be rain sleet snow ice frosts and then after there's a chance of some COLD weather coming

The only experience's I've had with snowshoeing is when i was in maine in January 2009 myself and my partner had to purchase them(about £100 a pair) just to go for a walk the first couple of days getting used to them certainly tested the bladder control watching each other fall and roll about the snow like an upturned turtle trying to get back upright once you did get the hang of them they certainly were essential and easy to use .we never purchased the walking poles to go with them which most of the locals had no point as i did not think i would get the chance to use them in Scotland i was wrong they've been used once dec 2010 would recommend giving it a go if you get the chance

Well even by Scottish standards that was a pretty wild night there was pretty severe flooding in Aberfoyle today and a number of businesses affected for the 2nd time in 3 weeks including the forth inn which is probably one of the best pubs in the area. after a refurb 5 years ago and a 6 month closure due to flooding this must be heartbreaking