West Highland Storm
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Michelin Crossclimates going on this weekend traditional that has created a mild winter for me, although they have been amazing when confronted with snow.
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Reporting in for the first time this winter tonight, mainly because of the sleat hitting the windscreen this afternoon !
Good dusting of snow well down Ben Nevis today as well.
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Ahem, I will be fitting the winter tyres to my car on or around the 1st of December, for the last 10 years this has become the traditional harbinger for a wet, mild and breezy winter.
Just for noting !
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Signing on for Winter 22/23
Heavy rain here today a bit breezy and thunder and Lightning !
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13 hours ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:
At least you had sleet was all rain here annoying thing is if it wasn't for that bit of lower pressure and it was just the front moving in more than likely a lot more of us would of had snow.
If you look at the replies to these there are lots of snow pics / vids
No doubt @Blitzen got snow last night? And @West Highland Storm any snow pics looks like quite a bit up your wayReally FW got the square root of hee haw, travel a few miles in land much more substantial falls of snow. Tomorrow I've to visit Kingussie that should be fun and games. Will defo supply pics.
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2 hours ago, biggreyface said:
And if you stand on the right hand side of the car with the wipers set on auto you get a nice cold shower as well which I found out last week
sorry for being of topic has anyone got all season tyres fitted to their car and if so any good recommendations size 245 45 19 T.I.A
On a snowy day, 3 months after passing their test one of my children, became the first 2wd car to get into a ski resort car park, thanks to Goodyear Vector 4 Season tyres, with no fuss no drama, having never driven in snow before.
I personally can vouch for Nokian Weatherproofs, but I think you would be amazed by the performance of any modern premium all weather tyre in snow.
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-4C at 7am now 12C sitting in the Sunshine !
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I'm from Fort William lived here all my life and when someone from Fort William says that's heavy rain you know it would be counted as Biblical event elsewhere, absolutely stotting down big lumps !
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1 hour ago, bigsnow said:
i see the rutting has started early this year in the MOD thread...
On an old map, the MOD thread would have had "there be Dragons ! Written on its location.
Been away for 6 months nice to know that in this ever changing world, there are still thing that you can reliably depend upon, arguments and tempramentality in the MOD thread being one.
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Something that I've noticed a bit different this year is the amount of geese that are flying over the house in the last few days seems to be a hell of a lot of them !
Instead of flying south seems to be more of an east/south east direction, they're heading in.
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October 1st Signing on for Winter 2019/20 yesterday fitted car with new winter tyres, now traditionally that puts the botchach on a cold winter.
But today had to come out scrape the first frost of the winter off the windows of the car, I think this year is going to be the one !
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Absolutely lashing down here in Fort William area and windy with it.
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Clocking on officially for winter 2018/19 have a feeling this is going to be a bramer, wishing I still had Subaru Forester !
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Fort William cold, still no snow !
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Fort William now bitterly cold, diddily squat snow.
-4 and no frost to scrape off !
The Least from the East !
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Fort William still cold, still diddily squat snow ?.
New car, claims it's -4 but I didn't need to scrape off Frost !
Still the Least from the East.
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Fort William cold, diddily squat snow, according to Netweather we're looking at practically 14 days sub zero with hee haw precipitation ?
The Least from the East !
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Sitting in car 4 miles north of Fort William 4C and sleaty and rain currently 1.10pm.
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Ach well for the first time in 5 years of buying winter tyres, looks like the Nokian Weatherproofs will get a proper work out next week !
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Tyres ! first time I've seen the difference the right tyres make.
Nokian Weatherproofs a 4 season tyre from Finland. Daughters taxi can't get them to work yesterday morning comes to a halt 1 mile from work on a big hill. I live about a mile away, gets the the call drives up the hill stops where their taxi had abandoned them, pick them up and proceed to drive up the hill no fuss no drama, no wheel spin. Ordinary FWD car utterly transformed by tyres.
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Absolutely pelting down here !
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Would just like to highlight that I am awaiting a new set of winter tyres from Oponeo. In the last few years this action has been sufficient to kill any snow/cold weather stone dead. However they are not due to arrive until Friday by the time they'll be fitted it will be next week.
Decided even the mid life crisis car needed winter boots this year !
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Reporting for duty been lurking but here for winter 2017/18 got a feeling in my water it's going to be 2010/11/12 style winter lots of snow.
Going into it with last year's Nokian Weatherproofs switched rears on the front and vice versa, daughter's on a new set of Goodyear 4 Seasons 2's.
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Has everybody been scunnered, given up and left the forum till next winter ?, most solid snow forecast for tomorrow this winter for the West Highlands hardly any comments.
Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24
in Scottish Weather Discussion
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2am and the wind is just beginning to get up, I ĺive in an old thick walled cottage, most of the time I cannot hear the wind
see you in the morning, good luck.