Afternoon all from a very white Stornoway. The town is blanketed under 4 inches of snow, which makes for very pretty pictures. Needless to say I have already taken 110 today. The snow is not melting, because current temperature is marginally below freezing. Overnight low reached -7C (19F), a temperature not often experienced here. Remember, we're at sealevel, right next to the sea. The rainfall / snowfall radar shows a band of precipitation to our west and south, which will slowly move in. A band of dark clouds is visible on the southern horizon. The webcam shows this very handsomely, as well as the snowcover. There is a forecast for milder weather to move in from the Atlantic later today.
A trawler, the Spinningdale, is stuck fast on rocks at St Kilda. There are concerns it could carry rats, which, if they get ashore, would decimate the ground-nesting bird population. St Kilda has mice, but no rats. Measures are taken to check for rat predation.
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It is still bitterly cold here at home on the East Coast Of Yorkshire.,though we have had sunshine today, which has thawed the snow,a little thank goodness.Oh dear the rat threat sounds awful.I was just reading a topic this week about a town near back home where I used to live, who have developed an epidemic of them.Good grief I couldn't live around them things. I would be a wreck myself.They are horrible dirty creatures.I do hope they don't get ashore from this poor ship in trouble.Thanks for sharing the film and everything .Take Care God Bless Kath astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES
ReplyDeleteIt`s freezing here too Guido though we didn`t get the terrible weather that was forecast yesterday. We waited and waited for it to come but all we got was a nice sunny day followed by more of the same today. :o)
ReplyDeleteLove Sandra xx
The snow is pretty...I checked the cam. Hope you have a great weekend. Hope you can get some pretty snow photos...take care.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
I'm away now to look at the photo's. It isn't very often that snow actually lies at sea level is it ? Thankfully it is quite springlike down here in Wiltshire been sunny all day and warm...behind the sunny window !! Sybil xx
ReplyDeleteTaking pictures in the snow is a photographers dream..everything always looks so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLisa
gosh; I do hope the rats don't come to St. Kilda; that would be disaster!!
ReplyDeletebetty
I'd not heard of this ship running aground onto the rocks at St Kilda...gawd i hope the men in black are on board now checking for rats...that would be an all time disaster. keep us posted if you can Pharm. oxo
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