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Snow Event at Sea Level

Monday, 27 October 2008

From a 'Met-Mole'

Watch tomorrow with interest, there could be a significant dump of snow over the north and east. A bit more than "snow over the hills". Less sure it will reach the west coast in any quantity.

"This most probably does look like a polar low formation with very cold air on it's west and southern flanks.
850mb (@ 1200m) temps are widely -10C at midday (GFS) and 925mb temps (UKMO) of -5C @700m, plus very strong winds. Conservatively that puts the freezing level down at 200-300m, lower in downdrafts in the deeply unstable air and with snow very likely to fall down to +2/+3 that looks like a snow event at sea level in the north and east."

Looks good for some early season 'scratchings' on the Speyside Granite outcrops:-) The cold weather looks set to continue into November.


posted by Westcoast Mountainguides @ 09:40 


1 Comments:

Anonymous Rob said...

looks like you was right, its good to see the snow again on the ben, lets hope there is plenty for me when im up there around cristmas!!!

29 October 2008 20:35  

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