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Weather horrendous here. Middle one sent home from school early but currently stuck on the back road from Crieff. If this keeps up I would suggest we will be snowed in shortly. Nearly as bad as 2010.
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Went out the front half and hour ago and watched as the snow started the steady drip of the roof. The snow readily turning to rain.
Here we are half and hour later and the snow is coming down hard and fast and obviously lying on the substantial snow that was already there.
Middle one at school in Crieff, anybody any idea as to the snow situation up that way?
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is that the stuff thats over ireland on the radar just now
The band just out off the west coast. Radar still shows showers here and that is exactly what we have. It is not heavy by any stretch of the imagination but it is constant. The road outside the house continues to get covered with the B road (Feddal) accumulating a fair bit but getting moved about a bit by the odd bit of traffic. The main road remains clear.
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Still snowing here in Braco. A reasonable covering on the snow that was already here. I am led to believe that the worst of the snow will arrive in the afternoon.
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Been snowing in Braco for a few hours now. Was fine but is now pepping up a bit. The road at the front that had been ploughed is now white again. It certainly looks as though it is on all day.
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OOOOOOO !!! Now how did I miss that. Hopefully I will drink enough malt to make me sleep through it all ;-)
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All right then where has that deep low pressure disappeared to in the met office charts. It's there at 12 noon on Sunday and then gone at 12 noon on Monday. Can somebody enlighten me as to what has happened to it?
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It will be interesting to see what accumulation we get here in Braco. The snow that fell during the week is still well and truly here, there has been no thaw at all. With my limited knowledge I am thinking that the front will move through quite quickly with the snow turning to rain before the day is out.
Fortunately I have no issues with flooding where I am but I feel for those that have a flood risk, lying snow and the possibility of a rapid thaw.
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Afternoon all, feels bitter here today. And today as every day nota a snowflake in sight.
Is there a good app or website to find out how high ASL you are. I have rough idea but want to see how wrong I am!
This site may help.
http://www.daftlogic...nd-altitude.htm
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Sorry. Obviously posted over the top.
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Snow on again just when I thought it was all over! Looking forward to boarding at Glenshee Thursday, as long as they get the road open. :-P
Slightly confused as to why Maitland has got so much more than me, only about 5 miles NE of here and slightly lower altitude. How does that work?
Just had a wee look at the altitude for Braco and Dunblane. Front Street (The lowest part) is 367 feet. My house 397 feet. The train station in Dunblane is 184 feet. I didn't realise that it was as much as 200 feet or so in difference.
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A very slight covering overnight here in Braco. It is desperately trying to snow again but we have very very light snow. I had expected very low temperatures overnight with heavy frost but this just hasn't transpired.
I note the BBC has predicted heavy snow on Friday and am wondering whether that deep low will make it's way across Scotland over the weekend.
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Snow on again just when I thought it was all over! Looking forward to boarding at Glenshee Thursday, as long as they get the road open. :-P
Slightly confused as to why Maitland has got so much more than me, only about 5 miles NE of here and slightly lower altitude. How does that work?
I must admit I was wondering that myself. Even the next village up (Greenloaning) has less snow than us. Both myself and the good lady have been up and down through Dunblane twice today and it was raining but the minute we passed Balhaldie (The garage) it started to snow. Very strange. It is still snowing here when I expected a clear sky and the temperatures to drop.
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Still snowing here. Looking at the Met Office charts I see that the Atlantic low pressure has been put back reaching us by about 24 hours. I do have a keen interest in the weather but have little knowledge of reading models. however isn't that LP going to cause some serious problems given the fact that it will meet the cold air and with strong winds lead to some further problems?
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Tractor has been round and cleared the snow just in time for it to start snowing again. It isn't heavy but have been surprised at some talk of further snow this evening when the BBC are talking about things drying up and temperatures dropping sharply.
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Well 32 hours later and it has stopped snowing !!!
Dug the car out and drove to Stirling. 2 miles up the road the snow didn't appear to be too bad and then as I made my way into Stirling down the A9 there was nothing.
Did one of the models not suggest more snow for this evening?
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Now snowing for 27 hours and just shy of 10 inches. Drive cleared again and about to have a wee run out to Stirling. The road outside the house hasn't been ploughed but a lot of it has been cleared by hand by the neighbours.
Once out of the estate the roads look to be absolutely fine. Kids got to Crieff High fine and the Wee Man down to the primary. Even go the dog out for his 3 mile walk around the Castle Drive, all very wintry and lovely.
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You cannae TOORP due to too much snow, that's just not in the rules!
Ah yes I forgot the rules, please accept my humble apologies. Bring it on, give me more, much more, I just can't get enough of the stuff
Oh and it's still snowing and kids are off to school.M...
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Where is that band of precipitation off South East Scotland/North East England heading? Someone could get a pasting.
Hopefully not here !! We have and are still taking a pasting. Now over 24 hours of snow and really don't need anymore thank you very much !!
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Still snowing here in Braco. That is now 24 hours and it is forecast to snow most of the day. The drive and the car is once again covered and there must be somewhere near 10 inches of snow out there. I will get out and measure it at some point.
Kids are all still at school apparently. Not sure how Crieff is looking but suggest it must be clear given that the school is open and teachers can get there.
Again it is still falling short of 2010 standards but if it continues to snow you just never know. Back out with the snow shovel this morning.
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Still snowing here. That is now 14 hours non stop. Looking at the Met Office website it would appear that this snow is forecast to continue through the night until about 10am tomorrow morning.
It is certainly not as bad as 2010 but if it continues through the night here it may may not be far off.
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Just cleared the drive (again), including the neighbours. Still falling quite heavily here. About 7 inches now and it's still coming down.
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Still snowing and getting heavier. Sitting here in front of the stove, blinds open and watching the snow as it streaks by the lamp post. A lovely evening indeed.
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Do I need to leave work early to get home? How are the roads up that way?
Main roads appear fine. Side roads if already covered with snow over the last few days are picking up a fair bit more. I heard at the school gates that Stirling is reasonably free of snow so I would think you will be okay (maybe not what you want to hear)
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Just picked the wee man up from school and can't believe the drop in temperature. Was out clearing the drive earlier and it was cold but it really has dropped this afternoon.
Still snowing and has been pretty consistent since 8am. I am led to believe that things may get worse later.
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Oh and it's still snowing and kids are off to school.
Scotland Regional Discussion 21st January 2103, 12z onwards
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My daughter home but the other kids on the other service from the school to Braco are not so lucky and have been kept in the school. Don't know whether the bus driver won't bring them in or can't.
Still tipping it down. Just waiting for the power to go off.
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