Toasty

Today I have been mainly looking at website:

• Met office - British Isles: Infrared satellite animation
• Met office - Webcams
• The Kingshouse, near Glencoe
• Traffic Scotland "live eye views"

I would be going "brrr", but I got my new down jacket today. Toasty. I was going to get up Bennachie to take some photos, but someone had stolen the sky, so I didn't bother.

Traffic Update

As the weather starts to get more wintry, I can't help but want to see what the rest of Scotland is like. Traffic Scotland have expanded the number of webcams available. They also have reports of incidents and road closures.

Don't forget the Met Office webcams, and this nice one featuring Buachaille Etive Mór, at the gateway to Glencoe (maplink and pronunciation).

Dreich is The Word

I like having a choice of waterproofs. I noticed, however, that i was procrastinating as it got near time for me to leave the warm, dry baseroom and leg it across town to the Foyer. As much of Aberdeen is built on a grid system, some streets funnel the strong winds whilst others are reasonably sheltered. Umbrellas are often worthless, often essential. I did wonder about wearing my Paramo trousers today. I didn't.

Frozen windscreens

I'm having a Totoro morning. Can't get the song out of my head. Passed a chap clearing frozen snow from his car windscreen. A light dusting of same can be seen in gardens.

November Snows

The kindly people at the Met Office have a few webcams in Scotland. A great idea, and whoever came up with it should get a pat on the back. There is a light dusting of snow at the Loch Glascarnoch weather station (between Inverness and Ullapool), and the 3pm temperature has dipped to 2.3'c, whilst Glen Ogle had dipped to -0.2'c.

Links

• Met Office webcams 
• MapLink

All at Sea

My hiking gear is just so toasty that i can sit outside watching the interplay of light and sea. I saw one guy earlier reviewing his photos on his laptop. I'd rather be outdoors admiring nature. Sunshine on water. Wave crests. Clouds. Shoreline coming into view dappled with light. Right, seen Nature, now i'm off for a cuppa.

Cold enough for snow

It is the second-last workday of Summer time. It is also nose-tinglingly cold. Some of the clouds in the east had the appearance of carrying snow. Which would be nice.