It has been snowing quite heavily here for the last hour or so, which has produced quite a decent covering. The snow has eased off for a while, but it looks as though it could come on really heavy again at any time. With these conditions, there has been nothing in the way of sunshine recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, and it is unlikely that there will be either.
The temperature at around midday reached a peak of 1.6°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 2°C at Edinburgh Airport and 2.0°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. Those are unlikely to be today's maximum temperatures as the temperature will no doubt, climb to well above those values once the milder air arrives.
However, the temperature has since dropped back to 0.5°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 0°C at Edinburgh Airport and 0.7°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, so there are no signs of that milder air arriving just yet.
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.