Meanwhile, our increasingly long frost-free horror show goes on with the temperature here in Edinburgh now up to a pathetically mild 10°C.😡

Last night's low was 7.1 and the high yesterday was 9.7.

Lashing rain with a strong SW wind. Been a poor few days up here and I can see why they've cancelled Hogmanay

Off down to Leith tonight, hopefully it will be colder and clearer by then

I'll take this opportunity to wish TWO a Happy New Year and let's hope for some interesting weather in 2025 😁

Yes, a bit of Sunshine on Leith (as sung by the Proclaimers and at many Hibs games) would certainly be more than welcome given what it has been like recently.

Here's to wishing you all a safe & Happy New year! 

It's still fairly windy although it's not quite as windy as it was earlier on and we've had far worse winds in recent times than what we have seen today.

As a result, the organisers who cancelled tonight's Hogmanay celebrations might well be kicking themselves for doing so if the weather ends up being relatively calm by then, especially given the vast numbers of people from around the world who had planned for that as Richard just recently mentioned in another thread although I'm also not suggesting for a minute that these events should never have been cancelled.

Meanwhile, it's another very mild day here in Edinburgh with a temperature of around 11°C.

This is supposed to be peak-wind around now, with gusts to around 45mph. Forecast to die back to gusts in the low-30's mph, then stay around that until late tomorrow.

I went out in the garden earlier to tie a few things down (redid all the furniture/BBQ covers securely)

Aside from that it's been disappointingly drizzly today, no sign of the sunny spells all afternoon as shown on the MetO automated. It's mild, too, at 10.2, dew 8.5.

It feels like a fitting end to what has been, meteorologically, a very wet and dreary year.

It may well be the start of a new year but our frost-free horror show goes on with the temperatures once again refusing to drop.

Yesterday's rain has largely cleared away now although there are still a few showers around.

The wind has been very slowly decreasing over time but it is still fairly windy and the decision to cancel the Hogmanay celebrations here in Edinburgh was probably the correct decision in those circumstances.

Currently around 8°C here in Edinburgh.

It's started just as the old one finished - windy, verging on very windy, with gusts into the 40s and a variety of clonks, whistles and rattles from outside. This will only increase over the next 9 hours or so, very much a day for the noise-cancelling headphones I feel!

It's mild too, 11.0, dew 8.7, with the overnight low so far being 10.7. Yesterday's high was 11.8.

Not pleasant but it looks as if  I might have to wait a few hours for the arrival of really stormy conditions EDIT. later yes, wind definitely increasing

Rain band has finally cleared to the South, dumping 36mm yesterday evening and overnight. Cloudy and damp. 4.6c. 

Happy New Year everyone.

And Happy New Year to all of you too.