thebigyin

February 14

The man that used to run it in the photo, atop Kenmore Hill Monday. Was a bit of snow about, but stayed wet lower down. Higher hills loaded, though obscured that day! (and a cracking walk ).

And one of the works at Taymouth Castle

Edit was replying to highland safaris webcam link..not sure how this new forum works quite yet..

February 7

A tiny skiff of snow last night, and a heavier shower 5am ish I think left a few cm's of nice fluffy snaw. Balters and sticking around out of sun

Not getting too excited for Friday or Saturday here, but inland and bit of height might be a different story!

Back in to hibernation until sone clear potential for something that's not wet and wind

January 24

Hi all, been stormy here but not too bad I'd say, and hopefully everyone has got through OK.

We've been a bit wet too, but again I think sheltered from the worst.

Seasonal average weather continues it seems. Some spread in the ensembles across the board further out. Still lots of potential in to Feb I feel something more wintry will crop up. Plenty sub -5 or even -10c 850s teasing.

Sunny spells and 9c, though feeling much cooler in gusty winds.

January 21

Not sure on the sea swells...Will leave to the more knowledgeable other than saying there are many factors bit one is sustained fetch and we have some protection...though NW does not.

Beaufort scale helps contextualise I find for my simple mind how strong wind "feels" and the impact. Hopefully the experts see some better news

Yiu can mess about on windy.com and look at various ootion for wind waves, swell etc.

January 21

Great Post by @Kirkcaldy Weather as usual in the mod thread provides a nice summary of situation as well as look ahead...stormy, and future winter potential. On the latter, to me the models for early Feb now look like a cold spell could start to appear and a number ensembles across models have notable support. But maybe not...

it doesn't look like much change today sadly to me. Force 11 or 12 in places. Expect some upgrades to warnings today. Large parts of central england only under yellow which seems odd, and areas such as forth Clyde maybe red? Hopefully no stingjet to the tail as it leaves, which in my experience for here can lead to nastiness here. Stay safe everyone

January 21

Just catching up on models for the storm(s). Not liking the look of this at all. I hope for downgrades but looks grim country wide. Wednesday's looks potentially even worse. Surprised not red, I guess overnight a factor, or they are waiting on latest data.

January 20

That's the Amber's for north now too. Was wondering as looked potential to be as bad. Grim, stay safe all. Stormy next week too

January 20

Congratulations @Northern Strath fantastic times.

Temps of 4C here, damp feel and milder temps have removed much of the snow cover. Gusty too, but the snowshield frustratiion here sometimes over last week has an upside as we have missed much of the rain looking at radar and forecast. Hope the thaw not causing issues elsewhere.

Have a braw weekend I'm going take dugs a squelchy walk at golf coursecand see what like the drifting was.

January 19

yuch - been a good one though.

It was a shame not to see it a bit more widespread for everyone, but it was a fun hunt with some teasing at times potential, leading to a notable cold snap and what a collection of photos and reports in here and some amazing days - snow or no snow! On to the next one is the common consensus, and couldn't agree more.... Google decided to send me a memory of March last year which was a good reminder for me that we are barely half way through our winter!

Happy Friday all

January 18

Oh for goodness sake. Was about to post my end of cold snap conclusion and we have a wee mini streamer just hit. Temps -2c/-3dp and light snow falling.

Hope I don't get banned for saying looking forward to snow melting and a change of weather types for a bit

some cracking photos posted

January 18

59 minutes ago, jon_d1983 said:

What’s it like in Aberdeen??? Trying to decide whether I go into work or just take a snow day! A90 is a joke again as are the local roads here.

yeah, as doc says. I am heading in but giving it an hour or so to let things settle down a bit. Some side roads are a disaster.

January 18

Wish I'd woken half an hour later...looks like we caught a heavy one. Temp -3c/-3c. Temps dropping away rapidly now.

January 18

Up for a pee, can't get back to sleep. Looks like a few cms fallen. Checks radar...aaargh...are radars down?

Edit- think it's overuse on my phone looks like caught a wee bit here but things not looking too exciting for the city and all fizzling out or missing. Looks like further inland done much better, and NW looks like still getting battered!! Looking forward to some updates in morning!

January 17

Damnation as my dad would have said, someone unplug the snow shield.

Plenty more shots though!

January 17

4 minutes ago, jon_d1983 said:

Fair intensity of the current snow blob. Heaviest of the current spell by far. Early dinner and out only with jnr before bed….not sure who’s more excited me aged 41 or him at 7

you've stolen (nearly) all of it! Just started here now bit just a few flakes in the breeze. Nice to look at though and let's see what happens tonight! Forecasts sound promising, and the radar looks busy!

January 17

6 hours ago, doctormog said:

I suspect that when the wind switches more northerly later this afternoon there could be quite a few showers this evening and tonight , but I could very easily be wrong (and they may stay further north).

Fingers crossed. Winds are freshening a bit as an observation, and still some hours till anything might happen anyway

Ps thanks for your measured input on the other side and keeping some of the numpties in check you always have a balanced take on the models.

Temp -1c, dp -4c. Probs squeeze another unofficial ice day on my station. It just snuck a fraction above zero yesterday to mess up what could have been a 4 day run. Exceptional for here.

January 17

Cold morning, link to my station below (-3c ish, dp -5c) but note I had to move it and defo not in an official setup right now, but temps tally okay with official local ones. You can explore map to nosey at other stations. Generally min was around -10 last night from a few favoured spots. Some stations had a remarkable rate of drop late evening yesterday, but flattened...cloud??? Or wind??

Not much precipitation today by looks of things here until later on when looks like various chances of showers right through to Thursday, buy would appear less action generally speaking.

Longer range in to early feb looks interesting still, but much to be resolved.

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January 16

Hi all, London day trip and flying back in couple hours hopefully. Aberdeen not too bad? Selfish question!

Looks like it has all been a bit hit/miss!

Chilly and dry down here.

January 15

52 minutes ago, jon_d1983 said:

We might a another good half hour worth shortly

Looks like you got a good run there! Some promising looking stuff still incoming but to my eye looking to start fizzling out now. Been pretty good though

January 15

Fingers crossed for other areas ( and hete still...I'm greeedy) for tomorrow!

Just about do my dog walk...just need to time it to coincide with next shower , 180degeesout of sync with most normal people, but you'llall understand. Looks like yours was dragging you homeward @Scottish-Irish Skier!

January 15

7 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

love that pink lime harling stuff! Wee shower back on hard to tell what is in store today but I sporadic showers will be a fair bet

January 15

Bit of a streamer going on

January 15

Roads sound a right mess. Wife half way to kingswells. Cars umping red lights (well, not able to stop at them so just keep going. Bus blocking North Anderson Drive, etc etc. Crazy not to have a delayed opening just to assess risk etc. But rarely happens as parents complain (like shout and swear complain) if not open - the ones that see primary school as a baby sitting service.

EDIT - to be fair, some who can't work as kids home don't get paid, and for many that is just not an option

January 15

Probably 3 inches right enough, though wife asked am I exaggerating again

Paths cleated, pavements cleared as far as i could without risk of heart attack. Wife about head kingswells primary...it'll be open no doubt

Tipping down again...winds much calmer but up again now and blowing snow

January 15

Morning all, we've caught a few good showers overnight it seems. Hard to say but 3inches here too I think. A nice covering anyway, will post some pics shortly

Radar looks to have eased a bit now...let's see what today brings...any opinions very welcome

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