Most of Scotland north of the Central Belt went subzero last night and there's snow on the ground in parts of the north (photo of it in Lossiemouth on BBC news this morning)

As I write, the Sun is shining here in Edinburgh but there are also some showers which have just come in from off the North Sea which means that even today isn't completely dry here.

Currently around 7°C which is actually slightly milder than around this time yesterday although it still feels really cold in that wind.

Another couple of weeks further on and it would be one of our snow shower classics!

Incidently, coming down the A68 to the Edinburgh by-pass I could see a wee dusting of snow on Ben Ledi

37mm so far today. 

Here in Edinburgh, we can have two types of North Sea effect. We have the one on summer which causes us to get haar, low cloud and/or cooler temperatures at a time when it might be hot and sunny further in land.

In the winter months, there is the other North Sea effect which results in milder weather and possibly rain here whilst it's colder elsewhere, perhaps with some snow.

At the moment we're pretty much experiencing that winter North Sea effect. There's no snow anywhere near here but we do have a stiff wind from off the North Sea with gusts up to around 43 mph from the east at Edinburgh Gogarbank, and that is also continuing to bring in some fairly frequent showers.

As a result, the temperatures here in Edinburgh are refusing to drop, and remain stuck at around 7°C.

As a result, the temperature during last night has not dropped one single bit and continues to be stuck at around 7°C here in Edinburgh (where it has been all night) which isn't even the least bit cold for this time of the year (I've even seen Atlantic westerlies or even SWs deliver colder nights than this to these parts at this time of the year).

Clearly, that is the North Sea Effect in place here. Absolutely pathetic!!😡