UPDATE @ 1630Hrs
The morning rain cleared, but left a layer of slush. This afternoon, things have brightened up & the slush has, thankfully, cleared, certainly helpful with a frost on the cards.Clearly, from information received, Pitlochry was lucky to miss the worst of the overnight & early morning snow.
THIS EVENING & TONIGHT
Apart from the chance of an odd light shower, it should be dry, with a W. breeze & a slight frost, minimum -2.
OUTLOOK
Mainly dry on Tuesday & Thursday, but unsettled with some stronger winds on Wednesday & Friday.
My newspaper was having another go at the Met Office yesterday (nothing new!) It claims that the organisation has come up with a new way of avoiding the embarrassment of inaccurate long-range forecasts----by covering all eventualities.
In a confidential guidance note issued to the Government in October, its forecasters said there was a roughly equal chance that this winter would be mild & wet, cold & dry or somewhere in between. It said there was a 30%chance that temperatures would be around average, a 30% chance they would be above average & a 40% chance they would be below average.
Experts criticised such forecasts as "useless". Good job they were only prepared for the Government!!
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