Wild weather.
18th February 2021
Covid -19
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Very windy on the hill today with gusts of over 80 mph recorded this morning. There was some heavy rain around dawn but when I was out precipitation was mostly falling as graupel. Despite the obvious snow loss it very much is still Winter on the hills with good firm cover on the tops. Â More fluctuation in the freezing levels, a mix of snow and rain with high winds again tomorrow.
Wind exposed locations have become very scoured. Above 800 metres surface layers had refrozen becoming much firmer in most places. A very windy day where having 4 legs was useful. Dubh at 900 metres.
Mountains of snow! Difficult to capture the scale but this is the local council quarry/yard full of snow that was dug out of Braemar so residents could move around a little easier.
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