Well were are coming to the end of November 08 and here in Scotland we are looking at forecasts showing the 3rd noteable arctic blast! The first was in October, but multiple forecast sites are now prediciting more snow and cold temperature for the beginning of December! This has been quite a remarkable start to the winter, perhaps the waxwings were right?

Hopefully we’ll see some snow in glasgow this time!

So far this winter, we have already had a substantial amount of snow in some areas during October. After the past few warm days, the BBC’s Countryfile forecast (starts at 47mins via the Iplayer) are predicting drastic changes to the weather starting on Friday.

The Iso-bars swing round to the north and basically make a perfectly straight line straight down from the arctic circle drawing in bitterly cold air from the north, and because the iso bars are so straight and close together, the winds will be strong. Its at this point the weatherman mentioned blizzards driven by “viking winds” covering most parts of Scotland andrightdown the East cost of England with temperatures predicted to be around +2C, which I’m sure you will agree is rather cold! Taking into account the windchill factor then its definetly a day to be putting on the long johns and thermal underwear!

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