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    Scotland Weather discussion

    in Scottish Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I’d be fascinated to know how these storms developed in such a linear fashion. Is it something to do with upper wind direction or the lie of the land, or a combination of both?

    For a while last night there seemed to be a line from East Ayrshire, up through to Blantyre and towards Coatbridge that the storms wouldn’t touch. Either side was getting plastered though. Even after a larger storm did make it through, the path of storms seemed to be up through Central Scotland across Lanarkshire, West Lothian and Fife.

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    Scotland Weather discussion

    in Scottish Weather Discussion

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    6 minutes ago, Ross90 said:

    Torrential downpour just moved through Mwell along with very close and loud lightning/thunder... hard to say where it struck but the flash was clear even with the blinds shut so i'm guessing nearby.

    Yet a couple of miles away here, nothing… It’s like there’s some sort of wishbone effect???

    The changing daylight hours thread

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Glaswegianblizzard

    Bit early for noticing changing daylight here, late August it becomes more apparent, but what does start around now is the noticeably lower sun and the longer shadows it casts. I like to think of the period from mid August to mid September as the dog days of summer.

    I know that in mythology and file lore the term refers to an earlier period in mid summer, but I always feel that it’s a good descriptor for those days where there can still be some warmth, but it’s also apparent that summer is coming to an end. The lower sun that becomes apparent now is the first real sign,  schools and colleges here in Scotland start back in mid August which are another indicator that the feel good days of summer are ending. Also noticeable are the quieter parks and open spaces, as if everyone has got a bit too used to warm and gentle weather (always a mistake here! Take what you can get at all times!!!) and have become complacent about making the most of it.

    Yet these end days of the season hold plenty of joy in themselves, if the weather is nice, as you can get to squeeze the last drops of warmth out of the sun in readiness for the darker days and evenings ahead. It is, to me at least, a unique time of year with its own melancholy yet thankful character.

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    Summer 2022 Chat

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Absolutely bucketed down with rain in the Glasgow area and across the south west Highlands and west coast over the past couple of days. Plenty more to come today with a yellow warning in place.

    As much as I loved the warmth while it was here last week, I’m actually quite glad to see this rain. 

    Scotland Weather discussion

    in Scottish Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Been out and about last night and today. Callander, Lochearnhead, Killin, Aberfeldy and back down to Glasgow. Bucketed with rain periodically, actually found it quite nice although it prevented any nice views of the mountains.

    Just heard too cracks of thunder in Glasgow and have heard some torrential rain is headed our way?

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    Scotland Weather discussion

    in Scottish Weather Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Glaswegianblizzard

    44 minutes ago, Bats32 said:

    Looking fairly ominous for some thunder to the south of Glasgow. My weather app is telling me it's going to rain in about 20 min.

     

    Ominous is exactly the word I’d use for Glasgow. Very overcast and full, still with some heat although Temperature has dropped markedly too, more than you’d expect just from the sun being obscured.

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    The changing daylight hours thread

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    12 hours ago, Dangerous55019 said:

    Morning @Glaswegianblizzard
    21:39 around this neck of the woods according to Time and Date. Although having said that, it’s normally about 10 minutes earlier around this parts due to the topography of the land.

    It actually lasts longer here. Even though the sky is 100% cloud covered there’s still quite a bit of light outside. Probably about 11pm before that’s gone completely.

    Spring and Summer weather moans

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    4 hours ago, mountain shadow said:

    Only had three proper Summer days this 'Summer' so far. How many have you had?

    Pelting down again as I type.

    Err… 2 and a half. 
     

    in all seriousness while we’ve not had much we’ve probably had a bit more than that. Sunny days are dotted here and they’re but they’re not frequent. Certainly had very few days where you could be confident it wouldn’t rain, whilst being very warm.

    As someone said above, it’s garbage. Hope this talk of building summer heat has some substance.

     

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    The most severe thundery outbreak in recorded U.K. history?

    in Historic Weather

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    The storms that hit Scotland on 10th August 2020 are the worst I’ve seen here. Could even see atmospheric cloud lightning, and we didn’t even get the worst of it in Glasgow. That was reserved for the East Coast from Edinburgh and the Lothians right upto Aberdeen.

    The biggest consequence was of course the tragic train derailment near Stonehaven the following morning, however the main Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line was washed away over a mile and a half near Falkirk due to the Forth & Clyde Canal embankments being breached.

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