The snowfalls which I reported earlier on have moved away and left a fairly decent covering by our normal standards, of around 1cm or so of lying snow.

However, it has remained overcast since then and because of that, the temperatures are refusing to drop due to there being too much cloud around. In fact, the temperatures have actually gone up a bit over the last few hours which meant that the official air frost at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh was very short lived.

I have noticed as well that it looks as though this is causing a thaw to start to place and at this rate, it wouldn't even surprise me if all of our lying snow had disappeared by the time that I get up in the morning.

Meanwhile, the temperature at midnight was 1.7°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 2°C at Edinburgh Airport (which is a huge difference from the -7°C which was recorded there just 24 hours ago) and 0.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

I can feel your frustration and was wondering how you got on there re the snow? - I can see some heavy showers over highlands and Cairngorms on latest radar but doesn't look like they are heading your direction and temps rising is never a good sign! 

I was looking at the webcam of Edinburgh castle from the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa. The snow looks heaviest at 20:24, then at 22:31 you see a nice dusting of snow everywhere and by 00:31 it looks as if that dusting of snow/covering has evaporated, Vaporised or melted? - It didn't sleet or rain after the snow you had?

Here is the webcam from the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa -  if you run the time lapse it seems like you had a lovely sunny day!

https://www.lookr.com/lookout/1512053094#action-play-day

Meanwhile - Back in Exeter it's not that different +1c here - cloud cover thus preventing temps from falling or a frost! 

Mostly clear and calm, -4 C @ 93% RH and pressure has risen to 1001 mb

I'm not aware of there being any rain or sleet after that main snow event. As I've said before on this forum as well, getting loads of sunshine at this time of the year, doesn't generally mean a great deal to me since I would much rather be getting that during the summer when I am looking for that as part of what determines whether or not, that particular summer goes down as being a decent one.

All too often these days, we get sunnier than average winters only to then find that the following summer is then rather poor and duller than average although last summer was an exception to that rule. Whenever that happens, this then means that the sunniest weather which we get right now in the depths of winter is then being used up and therefore wasted at this time of the year.

Anyway, the wind has now turned round to the north and the skies have finally cleared. With that, you would think that the temperatures would start to drop away once again as a result. Yet that isn't actually happening and now, the temperatures are still refusing to drop due to there being too much wind around (you just couldn't really make that up!!).

Meanwhile, the temperature at 1am this morning was 1.4°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 2°C at Edinburgh Airport and 1.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Mostly clear, dry (no snow here), frosty.  -1.3c

Snow cover in place, 2-3cm on grass and road has a thin cover from further showers last night.

Max yesterday 2.7c

Overnight Min -1.5c

Wind N light breeze

Temp -0.1C

-7.6c Current temp/Overnight low
1.2c 24 hr. high
1011 Mb. rising rapidly
Calm, sunny, mostly clear.
Evening/Overnight snow cleared through.
Rainfall (as snow - 24 hrs) 11.9 mm
Level snow depth: 14 cm

Cloud breaking to brighter skies.

0.9c

1004.0mb rising

Here in Edinburgh, there is still a lot of cloud around with only occasional brief sunny spells. There is still some of last night's snowfall lying around as well, although that is now fairly patchy in this part of the city (it might however, still be a better story in the south of Edinburgh and there is at least, still a decent covering on the Pentland Hills).

Last night's minimum temperature was 0.1°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 0°C at Edinburgh Airport and -1.5°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. However, those values were reached very early during yesterday evening.

The skies did clear for a while during the early hours of this morning, but it then clouded over again very soon afterwards. This then meant that the temperature stubbornly refused to drop during the rest of the night as a result of there being too much cloud around, with this resulting in this morning being frost-free here at a time when just about everyone else has been reporting an official air frost in their own area.

As a result of that slight thaw which we have been experiencing though, a total of 0.4 mm of rain has been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank due to snow melt, along with 0.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as at 9am this morning.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 9am this morning was 1.3°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 2°C at Edinburgh Airport and 1.0°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Sunny but very cold.

Temp -1.1C

Overnight low -2.6C

Still a covering of snow in most places, the roads are clear now and pavements still need care to walk on.

Well beat's the 7cm's Richard has always been wanting to beat? SO that's good news! Although parts of Cornwall got 10cms and Bobmin got 15cms in 2 hours as you may know.

All that slushy covering melted along Exeter quay but 1 mile away and 25 metres higher got a good covering and still has it - this is Exwick hill near St Davids Station or just behind it: - The white is snow covered hill

This is Sylvan heights and the hill still covered in snow just 2 miles away pass Cowick street towards Kennford.  

Now Dartmoor - Princetown SNOW melting but looking lovely! I think Dartmoor had 10 to 12cms of snow.

The earlier cloud cover has cleared away to leave us with yet another sunny morning in this part of the world, which means that a total of 1.8 hours of sunshine has been recorded for today so far as at 12 noon.

In spite of that though and despite the fact that no precipitation has actually fallen here during today so far, today's rainfall total due to snow melt has now increased to 0.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 0.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh as the slow thaw of lying snow continues.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 12 noon was 2.8°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 3°C at Edinburgh Airport and 3.9°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh where it isn't even all that cold for this time of the year now.

Patches of low cloud and some cirrus; moderate N wind; dry.

3.6*C after a minimum of 1.3*C from 12.15am - 1.30am.

80%RH; 1004.0mb rising.

No more snow here.  What Deep Powder commented above about the difference in snow amounts depending on the difference in altitude between the North Downs and the Mole Valley applies here.  The Medway valley is green, too.

Peach of a day- dazzling sunshine over the remaining snow in the fields, literally twinkling off the white; but at 8am, the sunlight was like liquid copper, giving the rooftops, hedgerows and lanes that Farquarson look.

Fine with lovely winter sunshine. Still that pinch in the air at 4.8 c & 80% h with a moderate north west breeze adding a chill to it when I popped into the town. A vast improvement on yesterday and the early afternoon solar input into my famed west-facing hobby room is increasing with each passing day.

Had a nice walk out this morning just north of here with powdery snow underfoot .

1.9c

Sunny

Still snow cover on grass but slowly melting from the pavements .