I have absolutely no idea as to how the BBC came to the conclusion just yesterday that Edinburgh might have a chance of seeing some snow this morning as that has been absolutely nowhere to be seen with the weather continuing in the same manner as it has been throughout this spell.
Last night was promising to begin with, with the temperature dropping away very quickly at first but after I reported that on here, the temperatures then refused to drop much further than that all night despite the continued clear skies and light winds. This meant that in the end, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank dropped no lower than -4.8°C which was cold enough to make last night our coldest night of the year so far, but not quite cold enough to give us our coldest night of the winter. We are now almost halfway through the winter and yet, Edinburgh Gogarbank has still not recorded a single temperature during this winter of -5°C or below which is very poor indeed.
Today is bright and sunny once again (this is clearly already turning into another year in which the Sun just won't stop shining) and although the temperature here in Edinburgh is only around 2°C as I write, that is already slightly milder than yesterday, so we're not even going to get our coldest day of the winter today.
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.