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    Scotland/Alba weather discussion - March 2021 onwards

    in Scottish Weather Discussion

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    50 minutes ago, 101_North said:

    Just stopped off for a coffee on our way home from a week in SW Scotland near Dalbeattie. As good a week of weather as I can ever remember on a staycation! Sun has shone for 7 days straight and felt very warm at times. Kids were in the sea most days (carefully timed visits to meet the incoming tides) loads of fantastic walks and bike rides in the surrounding forests. Cracking bit of the country! Sad to be heading home really

     

    SW Scotland Is overlooked for holidays! 

     

    Been sunny and warm all week, not really hot but humid at times.

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    Summer 2021: Moans, Groans, Ramps and Banter

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    4 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:

    San Francisco is one of my favourite climates. I get the impression that a lot of the residents hate it though. I don’t know why. Mild year round, loads of sunshine, bone dry summers. You get to experience the Californian sunshine without frying like a crisp. what’s not to like?

     

    Interesting climate. Warmer in October than it is in July!

    Went to San Francisco in February and in April. February was warmer than April. Never seems to get really warm in San Francisco but I don't think you have to go far inland for heat.

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    Scotland/Alba weather discussion - March 2021 onwards

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    11 hours ago, Sunshineandshowers84 said:

    I do remember lying Snow at end of April 2016.. And I think it was last April rain turned to snow just at the tail end of a cold front after a reasonably warm day before the front came through during the night with dramatic change in temperature.
    As for today been dry where I am although dark clouds were near around teatime. I assume that’s the snow everybody else got.

    Good 30 mins of hail in Southside of Glasgow. On way back from work, by time I got to East Kilbride it had stopped .

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    Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

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    17 minutes ago, A Winter's Tale said:

    In the Beast from the east the red warning covered much of the central belt with Dumbarton on the western edge of the warning. 26cm fell here just to the north of Glasgow. If I remember correctly less snow fell in the south side of Glasgow whilst some places further west around such as Greenock and Balloch got a lot of snow - up to 2 feet in some places.

    The Beast from the East exceeded my expectations - an absolutely unforgettable experience - though it was a very uneven event in terms of snow depths. I remember having concerns about the convective potential given the lower SSTs so late in the season but that didn’t turn out to be an issue. I think initially it started as an ENEly on the 27th with a stream of showers from the Tay towards Glasgow and once the first couple of inches had fallen I felt much more relaxed about the easterly delivering. A few weeks later there was another easterly which also produced 5cm. There haven’t been too many easterlies in recent years - prior to 2018, March 2013 had frequent snow showers but accumulations were no better than 2-3cm. Nov 2010 was phenomenal with 25cm and 2nd Feb 2009 also produced an inch or two. 

    During easterlies most places to the east of the M74, Cumbernauld, Loch Earn and the Cairngorms tend to do well depending on where streamers set up and the track of showers. Usually some should reach Renfrewshire, the Erskine Bridge and Loch Lomond. It’s a struggle for areas further west, in particular Ayrshire and parts of the Western Highlands and Islands, though 2018 is an example of how easterlies can deliver to areas west of Glasgow. 

    I’m keeping expectations low and hoping for at least a couple of inches snow here - which should be more than achievable but not inevitable looking at the charts. Once that threshold is hopefully reached then it becomes a case of how much snow will fall rather than if. Given the potential in the charts it would be great if the western central Belt can get 10-30cm to rival 2018 and other memorable snowfalls - anything more than 30cm is almost too much! Areas in the eastern half of Scotland could see widely 15-40cm with the worst hit areas seeing more than half a metre which would rank among the best events in the past few decades.

    It will also be nice to have a few ice days which is rarer in February compared to earlier in the winter. Despite a very cold January Glasgow is yet to a record a maximum of 0C or lower. Looking at the models from this morning it appears the cold might be extended by a day or two with much of Scotland under uppers below -10C which is remarkable. Hopefully the blocking is more robust than the models are showing and we end up extending the cold further into February. If not then perhaps we could see a snowy breakdown on top of the snow from the easterly. An interesting 10 days are ahead of us and it will be fascinating to see how this event compares to 2018 and other events .

     

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    2010 was colder and had more snow than the beast from the east for East Kilbride. And was much shorter lived.

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