Highland Snow

Luke 2: 8 - 20: 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. A very happy Christmas to all at home on The Emerald Isle.

Luke 2: 8 - 20: 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. A very happy Christmas to all on the Kilted Thread.

That is really strange - the temperature has gone from 2.8C at 19.00 to 6.6C currently at 19.52 (+3.6C/hr)!

Temperature settled out at 2.0C/+1.1C and all the precipitation is of rain. Another13.2mm already today (13.2mm yesterday also) making 125mm for the month so far.

Oh Hairy Celt you are awful but we do like you!

Make sure that banana boat makes port before noon tomorrow Blitzen!

Once again Ally your DP significantly depressed relative to mine in the Glen Almond (2.6C/1.5C).

Great to have you back on board BUS! PM me if I can ever be of any assistance to you.

Ever hear of torrential sleet, well it is falling in Perth just now! 2.0C/0.8C.

Kingussie this morning OTR:

This morning 3.8C/2.3C and 3.0mm of rain overnight mostly from a heavy shower after 05.00 (14.99mm/hr @ 05.34). Alex Deakin on Radio 4 at 06.00 reporting blizzards above 200m in Scotland with travel problems on the higher levels especially the A9.

Torrential rain/hail shower just passed through dropping another 2.1mm (30.48mm/hr @21.26).

Maximum today was 9.4C at 00.02 and currently 3.5C/+2.3C (-1.0C/hr). Rainfall total yesterday was 23.1mm with a further 8.6mm today (23.45mm/hr at 19.38) so far and on that note I observed that the Tay was very high from my vantage point on the Friarton Bridge this morning.

Minimum overnight was +1.4C at 02.37 and currently +2.7C/+1.9C. 10.4mm of rain overnight - if only that had been snow! There must be a massive accumulation of snow above 300m.

Ah Hairy Celt some Tamsulosin and Finasteride will soon tame the old prostate trouble.

Interesting Hawesy +3.9C/+1.0C here inland.

This is a report from someone living on the outskirts of Jerusalem re. the weekend's Winter storm: "It is now official: where I've been living is the one place in Israel where we received the most snowfall. Today, we were driving for the first time in a week; we just sat speechless in the car. The mountain we live on outside Jerusalem looks like a disaster area, like a tornado has hit, and not a blizzard. There are broken trees everywhere, roads are destroyed, I have not seen anything like this before. When we got to the supermarket to do some shopping, it was closed due to extensive damage from all of the snow, so we had to go home without the items we needed. This included a critical item: food. It will take some time to clean up all the mess, following what is being termed as the worst storm in 150 years inside Israel. However, the actual amount of snow we received was more than double of what fell inside Jerusalem."

We have THE BEST Mods. on the Kilted Thread Catch so life is the topic albeit we are all basically snowy weather nuts. I am worried about BUS I must say, he has just vanished.

Well Edo if I haven't warned ye again and again ... the way you're going she will turn out to be a thirty-something posting on Weather Forums, now is that what ye want ...

Well at least you aren't letting life depress you Catch - you're a hoot!

Memories Edo, memories. As Catch says "enjoy" it while you can, they are grown up and gone in no time. The abba song "slipping through my fingers always gets me: As far as the cauld, at +4.0C/+1.2C even sleet is pushing it here!

Currently 2.8C/+1.8C and raining.

Yes OTR blowing a hoolie now! Sleep tight OTR.

Breaking News: 14,000 homes without power in Republic of Ireland and 2,000 in N. Ireland.