Thought this thread was probably overdue. As I've said before, I think the low temperatures could turn out to be more exceptional than any snow. The synoptics for some ultra low temps are about as good as they can possibly get. I also think it helps that we are so close to the winter solsdist and will have snowcover in Scotland.
Double digits should be easy as will ice days. So when do we reckon we will see the first -20C by night and first double digit maxima by day (if at all)?
If only getting an ice day was as easy as you make it out to be.
It should be borne in mind here after all, that an official ice day has not been recorded at Edinburgh Gogarbank since 1 March 2018 which was at the peak of the Beast from the East event that was going on then (when we were under what is still, our only red warning to date for snow).
In addition to that, we are not going to get an ice day here today either as the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank had already jumped up to +2.8°C as at 1pm GMT (13:00 UTC) this afternoon.
So far this winter, we haven't even been able to get a daytime maximum temperature of 5°C or less, let alone one which is actually below freezing.
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.