With all the recent cold weather and snowfalls, people have been asking me whether I think it will be a White Christmas this year…to be honest, I’d say its our best chance for snow on christmas day that we’ve had for a while, so I’m going to say it will be a white christmas in the uk, for some people at least. To go along with this prediction I’ll add the classic that is White Christmas, sung by Bing Crosby.

Continuing with the weather related topic, today is the first day in well over a week, that the frost has actually gone completly, thats thanks to the milder atlantic air pushing in from the west, last night at the front of this new air mass there was light snow fall at glasow airport, it soon stopped, and just this second it has now started raining, just in time for me heading to work!

Last night it snowed, then it rained…and due to the fact the air and the ground was so cold, the rain froze on everything it hit. cars, lamposts, grass, steps, pavements and roads. the roads are OK because they have been treated with grit by the council. As soon as I stepped outside this morning I had to take care not to slip down the steps, the kind of ice that had formed was solid and doesnt crack when you walk on it making it impossible to walk safely anywhere, the pavements were like this too, just see the photo, how are you supposed to walk on that without crampons!?

The only way I could get about safely was to walk on the main road with the cars, not recommended but just take extreme caution when if you decide to do this (don’t do it if its busy) and stop when a car comes near so that you won’t slip unexpectedly.

The gentleman in the photo has had to do the same as me and walk on the road to where he is going. Its hard to get a good photo of the ice since its basically clear and solid I suppose it could be referred to as “black ice”. So take care outside today whether it be driving, cycling or just walking.

Just a wee update on the weather just now, back on Arran its about -2 or -3 Celcius, clear starry skies and the snow on the ground is now frozen solid! There was no thaw during the day. Here in Glasgow, however there is no snow, but there is freezing fog again, and I dont think the temperature got much above -2 today here. Anyway, heres the photos, hope you enjoy them.

 Well Back on the Isle of Arran this morning they woke up to an ever increasing thick blanket of snow, and its not even December yet! Perhaps those Waxwings were right about the forthcoming winter?

Its not quite December yet, and this is the third noteable Arctic Blast since the end of October.  In the video above the original showed the snow falling quite well, however youtube’s conversions has made it harder to see the flakes! Here in Glasgow, however, there was no snow, just a heavy layer of ice and frost which lay throughout the day.

The Temperature outside has dropped to -1C and is being accompanied by some rather dense fog! Anyway I hope you enjoy these photos and the wee video of the snow fall.