Despite good conditions this year, snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands have been decreasing for the past 40 years and will be unable to sustain a winter sports industry within 50 years, according to the Met Office's chief government advisor

Geographical, April, 2009

> Despite good conditions this year, snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands have been decreasing for the past 40 years and will be unable to sustain a winter sports industry within 50 years, according to the Met Office's chief government advisor. Met Office climate predictions suggest that by 2080, the average winter night-time temperature in the Highlands will be between 2[degrees]C and 4[degrees]C higher than the current average of -2[degrees]C.

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