Snow On The Scottish Mountains 2015.

[4wd]

I struggle to see how El Nino has anything to do with the cold North Atlantic?Apart from anything else El Nino didn't really get going until well into this year, perhaps a common factor is involved with both though.

Have strong El Ninos previously had any cooling effect here? - I rather doubt it.

[carinthian]

I struggle to see how El Nino has anything to do with the cold North Atlantic? Apart from anything else El Nino didn't really get going until well into this year, perhaps a common factor is involved with both though.

Have strong El Ninos previously had any cooling effect here? - I rather doubt it.

I think the news coverage what I could understand in German probably referred that the cold Altlantic waters were affecting the temperatures over Scotland and Ireland and the El Nino effect to cause the heat over much of SW Europe. This prediction has been well documented lately. The main gist of the report was not a technical one, more of the extreme comparison of continental Europe heat and that of the North western perimeters of the same continent.

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[Polar Maritime]

Photo here from Ben Nevis, Taken by 'Nevis Landscape Partnership' during this years Botany Exploration of the North Face, For which is on-going over the next few days..

 

[Polar Maritime]

Around 19:15 min in and Firefly is up in Glencoe with the BBC. BBCi player only airing for another 3 hours so dont miss it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b064f7pz/bbc-news-at-six-11082015

[Polar Maritime]

A circular walk to Lochan Buidhe to see snow patches

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7551363@N06/sets/72157654837612423

[JeffC]

A circular walk to Lochan Buidhe to see snow patches

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7551363@N06/sets/72157654837612423

Interesting to see where the reindeer prefer to be!

[MPG]

Snow on the Caingorms today '29th July'..

 

https://www.facebook.com/jonny.porteous.7/videos/10153479332718756/

 

Hail from that thunderstorm...

[Mokidugway]

Some nice patches of neve there .

[Polar Maritime]

Magical snow tunnels defy Scottish summertime.

 

Amazing pictures show the results of “exceptional†amounts of snow clinging to Scottish mountains in the height of summer.

Experts say low summer temperatures mean vast quantities of the white stuff remain in places they would never normally be seen.

An unusual mix of circumstances has produced a stunning world of snow tunnels and bridges towering higher than a double-decker buses.

A range of factors has seen a growing number of ‘snow patches’ refusing to melt since 2007 but this summer there are more than experts have seen in 20 years. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/666752/pictures-magical-snow-tunnels-defy-scottish-summertime/  

 

 A more extensive album here from Helen Rennie on Twitter https://www.flickr.com/photos/7551363@N06/20568253786/in/dateposted-public/

 

Edited August 15, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Relativistic]

Amazing images, what a year it has been for the Scottish snow patches.

[seaside 60]

Magical snow tunnels defy Scottish summertime.

 

Amazing pictures show the results of “exceptional†amounts of snow clinging to Scottish mountains in the height of summer.

Experts say low summer temperatures mean vast quantities of the white stuff remain in places they would never normally be seen.

An unusual mix of circumstances has produced a stunning world of snow tunnels and bridges towering higher than a double-decker buses.

A range of factors has seen a growing number of ‘snow patches’ refusing to melt since 2007 but this summer there are more than experts have seen in 20 years. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/666752/pictures-magical-snow-tunnels-defy-scottish-summertime/

 

 A more extensive album here from Helen Rennie on Twitter https://www.flickr.com/photos/7551363@N06/20568253786/in/dateposted-public/

 

That middle photo is just amazing.

I am surprised that such small patches over all is far more than normal.

So these patches should last and start growing then soon ??

[Polar Maritime]

Firefly (Iain Cameron) up Schiehallion

 

https://flic.kr/s/aHskhNiimD

 

And yesterday:- 

 

A visit to the hills of Bridge of Orchy yesterday to see the last vestiges of snow in the southern Highlands.

https://flickr.com/phot…/28183399@N03/sets/72157657293616865

[Polar Maritime]

Drone video from Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag Snow patch hunting 17th by Firefly (Iain)

 

[Polar Maritime]

Firefly out on Ben Nevis today, A special day was reported and more to come.. Great shots ! 

 

Edited August 21, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

Firefly..

 

'Amazing wander around Observatory Gully on Ben Nevis today. Length of snow measured in the hundreds of meters, and the depth is only to be guessed at. Point 5 gully with about 12-15 metre depth, and easily as much in the main gully.

Snow tunnels galore, and we wandered through a 65 metre tunnel from the bottom of Point 5 gully to the top.'

 

Edited August 22, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Iceaxecrampon]

Excellent images - wish I could get there.

[Ravelin]

Nowhere near as good as the above pictures, but I took these whilst out walking in the Cairngorms on Saturday. There's still quite a number of snow patches around, some of which look like they could well survive into the coming winter.

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/21397-patches-1/

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/21398-patches-1-zoom/

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/21399-patches-2/

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/21400-patches-1-zoom/

 

The first 2 were taken from Loch Etchachan looking towards Ben Macdui, the second two from near the summit of Beinn Mheadhoin lookign towards Cairn Gorm. Difficult to tell the extent from the pictures, but the large patch in the last one looked pretty deep from a distance.

[ANYWEATHER]

That middle photo is just amazing.

I am surprised that such small patches over all is far more than normal.

So these patches should last and start growing then soon ??

2007 a bench mark for the Uks weather...Beautiful photos. Just a little question, whist the Alps glaciers have some heat to contend with, the Scottish mountains have seen in recent years a marked change to colder conditions for Summer and Winter at that. Some scientists some years ago said there would be no snow over the Scottish mountains at the start of the 21st century.  So the weather is perfect for Glaciers to form over the Scottish mountains ,perhaps to recede in the Alps? We are certainly at a pivitol time

[snowking]

I'm just a tad late with this but yes an astonishing amount of snow still around in the highlands.

 

I did the three peaks challenge back in June and was pretty surprised to encounter 2-3ft of snow for most of the last 3km of the climb up Nevis - and that was in 20c heat! 

 

 

SK

[johnholmes]

So the weather is perfect for Glaciers to form over the Scottish mountains ,perhaps to recede in the Alps? We are certainly at a pivitol time

I hardly think that first part is likely; the latter part has been occurring a lot longer than the 30 years I have been visiting the same area of the Jungfrau region.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Firefly out on Ben Nevis today, A special day was reported and more to come.. Great shots ! 

 

 

Quite stunning. Doubt they'll melt now, nightime minimas drop like a stone this time of year. 

[Snowologist]

I agree, absolutely stunning pictures.

 

Looking at the Glencoe webcams these snow patches have certainly taken a hit over the last few days.

I fear more heavy rain will have further impacts.

[seaside 60]

So the weather is perfect for Glaciers to form over the Scottish mountains ,perhaps to recede in the Alps? We are certainly at a pivitol time

I hardly think that first part is likely; the latter part has been occurring a lot longer than the 30 years I have been visiting the same area of the Jungfrau region.

Properly a naive question however.

When does an all year snow/ice patch become a glacier, is there a technical classification.

[johnholmes]

Properly a naive question however.

When does an all year snow/ice patch become a glacier, is there a technical classification.

 

not an expert but I'm sure if you Google that answer will be there. If I get time I'll have a look, might be something to do with the area covered although that is just guessing.

[hillbilly]

Just been reading 'cool britannia',a great read and it is possible that small glaciers existed during the late medieval to Victorian times in Scotland,depending on what the definition of a glacier may be but it is fact that snow and ice commonly witnessed then has never been seen in the last century even in the worst winters!