The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

[schmalex]

I stopped in at Melbourne yesterday on my way from Wellington to Kuala Lumpur and it was all over the news channels that Melbourne was officially the coldest major city on Earth yesterday morning.

[rossub]

I saw the snow at Ben Nevis yesterday. I don’t live here, so thought it might be a regular occurrence in summer. Clearly not!

[The Mad Monk]

rossub said:

I saw the snow at Ben Nevis yesterday. I don’t live here, so thought it might be a regular occurrence in summer. Clearly not!

It says United Kingdom in your profile?

[rossub]

I mean I don’t live beside Ben Nevis, so I wouldn’t know how often it snows up top in summer

[GetCarter]

rossub said:

I mean I don’t live beside Ben Nevis, so I wouldn’t know how often it snows up top in summer

We have snow on the tops in early June about every third year (Torridon). Doesn't last long mind.

Been stupid dry and hot (for here) for the past two months, so not this year!

If anyone is interested. Here's yesterday's summer solstice - 24 hours into 1 minute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjxWkeW5Jgk

[Puggit]

Bit difficult to tell with all that cloud cover, but never gets truly dark?

[GetCarter]

Puggit said:

Bit difficult to tell with all that cloud cover, but never gets truly dark?

...about 30 minutes of dark... but with no clouds, never proper dark.

We pay for it 21st Dec mind.

[Puggit]

Meanwhile in Newfoundland...

Yes, Wednesday - like tomorrow, Wednesday...



https://www.narcity.com/news/newfoundland-is-braci...

[Celtic Dragon]

I saw photos of an alpine pass in Austria taken yesterday under 20 cm of snow!!!!