Late snow for the mountains

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xmetman

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May 28, 2019, 4:23:31 AM5/28/19
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Not unheard of in the last week of May, but some slightly colder air has flooded southward overnight bringing freezing levels down to 900 metres I would guess, and produce a late covering of snow for the mountain tops of Scotland. Here's the latest (and very sharp) webcam picture from Aonach Mor and a rather fuzzy one from the Ptarmigan restaurant on Cairngorm. Temperatures this morning from the SIESAWS on Cairngorm were as low as -3.6°C in a 20kt northwesterly..


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Len

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May 28, 2019, 12:15:37 PM5/28/19
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Surf is poor here.
Looks like we ought to nip up to the Cairngorms with ours skis.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon coast

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