Today was forecast to be completely different from how it has been recently. There is to be less sunshine than of late, and there is expected to more of a cooler and fresher feel with a greater chance of some rain. However, there has been been certain times during this morning up until now, where you would get the impression that absolutely nothing has changed after all.
It is still warm and muggy and in fact, last night and the early part of this morning have been even warmer than of late. It's not raining just now as I write and at one point in time (albeit briefly), the Sun was even shining.
However, there are certain things which are different. First of all, this morning has actually been generally cloudier than of late although there has been some blue sky around in places. The end result of this is that a total of just 6 minutes of sunshine has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning.
Furthermore, there has also been some overnight rain and although that has now cleared away to the north, it has resulted in a total of 8.0 mm of rain being recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 8am this morning, along with 2.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. This means that today will now, go as an official rain day at both of those stations.
However, what I have mentioned in the above two paragraphs is all that has changed during this morning in comparison with other recent days. That is further confirmed by the fact that last night's overnight minimum temperature was 15.6ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 16ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 16.5ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh which for all of these stations, is actually warmer than the previous night before then.
This morning continues to be be very close and muggy as well and despite there being a lot of cloud around, the temperature at 8am this morning was 18.1ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 18ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 18.8ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
The question which I therefore have, is where on Earth is this cold front which is supposed to move through (and which clearly hasn't done so yet) when we need it?
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.