Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24

[Hawesy]

Utterly miserable few days since I posted those photos on Sunday. Cold wet and grey. Unsurprisingly some flooded roads on the drive home. Temperature 5.3c. 

[Norrance]

Yes, quite difficult to achieve but today has managed to be worse than anything in the last few days. Steady rain, a cold wind off the North Sea and the temp varying between 4.5 and 6C. Currently steady rain at 4.7C

At least by the weekend we will have lost the Easterly winds so perhaps warm rather than cold rain?

Edited April 3 by Norrance
Temp changed.

[NUT]

Better not jinx it but we have that strange orange thing in the sky called the sun. It's almost a miracle after yesterday! Very nice start to the day indeed

[Ravelin]

Similar here, it's stopped raining and the sun is making an attempt to be seen. Still only 2.3C though. 

[Ross B]

Yep beautiful start to the day here too, nice to see the sun for once. Overnight and into Saturday looks like an absolute deluge though, the met office text forecast even mentions the "S" word for tonight and into the morning over the hills so enjoy the sun while it's here 

e.g.

 

Edited April 4 by Ross B

[Ross B]

Rain, snow and wind warnings out now....

UK weather warnings - Met Office

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, wind, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm, lightning and extreme heat.

 

[Hairy Celt]

Trying to look on the bright side, the wind's dropped and it's only light rain so far this morning. Still as gloomy as a badger's rectum and lots colder....

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Just saw that rain warning. Shocked I tell you.

 

[Hairy Celt]

Well the badger's expelled us: emerges gasping and blinking from the squalid orifice into quite a nice afternoon, albeit rather chilly!

[snowidea]

Finished our mini WHW on Sunday in Fort William. I'm losing a toenail and still limping today, definitely want to do the whole thing now though it was just the best fun. Stayed in a pod at Glencoe Ski center for the first night, then a time warp inn in kinlochleven for the 2nd (definite 70/80s vibes going on with the decor and the bed sagged at the sides and in the middle, food was OK though). First day was mixed, second was mostly wet with a bit of hail and snow chucked in for fun and the last day was t-shirts all the way. Driving home to Cornwall for a week on Saturday, could have any type of weather down there. 

[101_North]

Absolutely hammering down with wet snow here but not lying except for a slushy covering on the car windscreens! 

Edited April 5 by 101_North

[Ross B]

 101_North same here, but cars roofs and grass white 

[101_North]

Earlier snow turned to rain for a while but it's back to heavy snow and everything is white although it's a really just a slushy covering! 

[Cheggers]

Bit of a white slushy mess this morning. Pretty horrible out there.

[101_North]

Heading down to the airport now and lower down surface water and flooding is a bigger issue! Horrible day! 

[Norrance]

Wet snow here too but not sticking except for a little slush on car roofs and screens. Further Inland with just a little altitude there is a layer of wet snow.

Edited April 5 by Norrance

[Hawesy]

A wee surprise at the new house this morning. More snow than I saw in Pittenweem for the last 3 years. 

1c.

[Ravelin]

0.5C and snowing here too, managing to give us a dusting on the ground, but not as much as @Hawesy has though. Bet that's another novelty for him too.

[Penicuikblizzard]

Slush on the cars this morning please go away and take all this pish weather away too.

Bring on the warmth tomorrow looking like 15/16c will feel like a heatwave lol  

[Northernlights]

Wet snow here too but not settling at 1.5c another depressing day .

[Kayemill]

No snow/sleet here just mega wet. All roads flooded and rivers very high.

On the plus side we get a new puppy tomorrow!

[Hairy Celt]

Heavy rain at 3C.

[Glaswegianblizzard]

We’ve had snow here too. Similar to elsewhere, quite slushy. We’re at sea level so quite a surprise.

[Hawesy]

 Ravelin Certainly is a novelty. But I'm expecting a lot from next winter in my new home 

I'm only at 70m asl - I've seen some photos from friends at 250m in Fife and they have several cms.

[Klippie]

After a disaster of a winter in the central belt we get this...in April.

Over night minimum 0.4 Deg/C

Current temp 2.1 Deg/C

Cloud temp was -3.1 Deg/C now 0.5 Deg/C

Ground temp 2.0 Deg/C