ALTITUDE is paramount with regard to amounts of snow that fall.

On this occasion, being near to the East Coast has also been a factor in determining how much snow fell &.
Pitlochry has been on the western fringes of  most of the snow belts & showers that have moved in from the east & north east.

The AMBER warning system, found on the Met Office Site & also used by the BBC, certainly over-played the amount of snow predicted to fall in this part of Perthshire. Still, it was a nice surprise to find the snow-pushers were not required this morning!   

I'm now keeping an eye on Friday/ Saturday, when Atlantic fronts, trying to push further north eastwards, will run into the cold air that will still be hanging around over much of Scotland.