Record wet summer for Scotland

August 25, 2010 · Filed Under Weather 

It’s late August and still waiting for summer to arrive – though it feels today like Autumn is coming instead!
Just noticed a piece on the BBC website happen to mention that last month was the third wettest July for Scotland on record:
Inverewe’s Jurassic tree grove endures wet summer

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) site had [...]

Nairn Skies 3: The Rainbow

July 23, 2010 · Filed Under Weather 

The skies over Nairn continue to be breathtaking, with a whole vista of different scenes over the past few days.
A glorious deep red sunset last night, almost eerie orange clouds the night before, and before that, a striking double rainbow.
Now that the weather appears to be turning, perhaps we’ll see more of the sun and [...]

Fire in the sky

July 1, 2010 · Filed Under Nature, Weather 

And now a blazing sunset tonight.

Skies clearing after Winter return

April 1, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Weather 

The past few days have seen the Winter snows bring disruption across much of Scotland again – though the weather in Nairn moved between rain, sleet, snow and hail, without any of it settling.
Not so for many other parts of Scotland:
Heavy snow creates travel chaos across Scotland

Heavy snow and strong winds have caused major travel [...]

A9 closed in Central Scotland

February 25, 2010 · Filed Under Roads, Transport, Weather 

Central Scotland and Aberdeen seem to be taking the brunt of the bad weather at present, with the A9 closed in Perthshire and Hundreds stuck in snow on A9 in Perthshire according to the BBC:

Hundreds of motorists are stuck on the A9 in Perthshire by heavy snow and fallen electricity lines, police said.
The problems have [...]

Scotlands coldest Winter

February 1, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Nature, Weather 

As Nairn sees more snow drift in over the past few days, the met office have reportedly declared the current Scottish Winter the coldest for almost 100 years – since records began in 1914.
Ice patches still remain from the previous snow falls, rain had already soaked the roads and ground, so freezing temperatures and more [...]

-11C

January 10, 2010 · Filed Under Weather 

The temperature outside read at 8.5C this afternoon, and has now cooled to -11C. No doubt it’ll get even colder tonight, even though the bite in the air is incredibly sharp.
The Highlands remains frozen, but it looks like life is continuing as normal – school starts this week but I can’t find any of the [...]

Big Freeze continues

January 6, 2010 · Filed Under Weather 

The big freeze continues, and the met office are warning that it could last another two weeks.
Meanwhile, travel disruption continues, with all important road, rail, and air links across the Highlands subject to continued problems.
At a time when councils are facing budget cuts, it seems most Scottish authorities will be forced to over-spend on [...]

Driving through Frozen Scotland

January 3, 2010 · Filed Under Roads, Transport, Weather 

When we arranged to spend Christmas week with relatives down south, we could never have expected the weather conditions to be as severe as they were.
It’s not just the roads that were bad: roads, rail links, and airports across the UK were disrupted or closed because of heavy snow and freezing temperatures.
Driving through blizzard conditions
I’ve [...]

Severe weather driving

December 21, 2009 · Filed Under Roads, Transport, Weather 

I had to drive down to Dumfries yesterday on a family matter – and all I can say is that the next time I see a severe weather warning – I’m staying at home!!
When a particular strong and heavy snow shower drifted in from the north on Sunday morning, I figured on main roads being [...]

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