Ravelin

January 18

Measured 6cm on car windscreen, which was clear when I got home around 5pm yesterday. Some signs of drifting, but nothing major.

January 18

The temperature dropped below zero here around 9am on Sunday and hasn't got above freezing since, so that's coming up for 96 straight hours now. Currently -3.0C. As I'm 'working from home' today I'll get out and measure the snow depth in a bit.

January 17

It's certainly not going to be as cold as last night here, temp hovering around -1.7C, but compensated by the snow falling. No idea exactly how much but the driveway is covered again, probably a cm or two. Stood at the back door and what is falling at the moment is really fine grained stuff, the snow equivalent of heavy drizzle. Blowing around a bit too, which could cause even more problems.

January 17

Moderate snow just started here, 1-0 to me.

Edit: short lived as it mostly slid past just to the west of me. Next one should hit as it's fatter.

January 17

6 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

Might as well join in. Tesco cancelled my shopping the day due the snaw. Just been tae Inverurie tae collect. Just in time it seems.

You, Mair Snaw and myself are all going yo be fighting over who gets that blob aren't we. Lasoos to the ready....

January 17

Overnight low of -4.6C just before 9am, currently -1.8C, which is the high for the day so far as its on the rise after dropping mid afternoon. Roads on the commute this morning not great. Not overly snowy but the overnight cold had refrozen what was still on them. Better on the way home.

No idea what to expect tonight as every forecast is different, and the MetO one has changed several times today already. Radar looks promising, and is either myself or @Scottish-Irish Skiergoing to get clobbered in a bit?

January 17

2 hours ago, Northernlights said:

Biggest problem is school transport modern large busses are useless on snow and ice a bit like artic lorries. A case for reopening old country schools which could all be reached by walking. Its just progress!!!

You'd also need to ensure the teachers were employed locally too. I could be at my nearest high school in 5mins in the car but drive 35mins. I probably pass lots of the teachers from my nearest school driving the other way. Most schools close as the staff can't get in safely, roads inadequately ploughed and gritted etc, especially in rural areas.

I enquired through my local councillors a while back about whether the council could look at travel distance as a factor when employing teachers at individual schools, more from an emissions, work balance angle but also resilience in poor weather. The answer that came back was that they couldn't as they felt it would contravene employment law (no more detail given). Wouldn't even consider actively asking if teachers wanted to volunteer to 'swap'. There just no lateral thinking in the UK at all.

We had a late start this morning by at my school, which helped as I dropped my son at his school for a Prelim. His school minibus didn't attempt to get up past our house, road was white but not that bad. He's now walking home rather than hang about, but that's his choice. I suspect with the MetO forecast for tonight that there will still be lots of school closures around Aberdeenshire tomorrow.

January 16

1 hour ago, tiff said:

Tomorrow morning. Had a job in Inverbervie this evening and called it off, looks like it was the right decision! Montrose /Arbroath looks like they've had a decent whumping..

I'd think you'd be fine if sticking to the main roads, just check the radar first, but I don't think there's anything heavy forecast for tomorrow.

Unofficially an ice day here with the nearest weather station maxing out at -0.1C. Overnight low was -3.7C, currently -2.6c and on a slow downward trajectory. Wife beat me home from work and had cleared the driveway, but looks like maybe a cm of snow at the house today. Westhill I'd say got more than that this afternoon, as it caught a heavier bit of the precipitation from 2:30pm until at least when I escaped an hour later.

January 16

53 minutes ago, tiff said:

How's the roads between A90 and Banff? Deciding whether to leave early or not.

When you travelling? Worst bit today seems to have been South of Aberdeen as that's where most of the snow ended up falling. Mains roads are probaby fine when it's not actively snowing, I got from Alford to Westhill and back today no problem, just slower than normal, wife did the same to Keith and back. Off the main roads it's very variable, some are still quite snowy.

Fubar news on Facebook is good for conditions on the NE roads. I checked and there's no mention of problems towards Banff, but some snowy pictures of the A96 near Huntly. It can all change rather quickly though, for the better or for the worse.

January 16

Unsurprisingly given the reports from all around, it's now also started snowing very gently in Westhill too. Hypnotic stuff.

Cue an hour and more of "are we going to get sent home?". That's just from the staff, the school kids will be even worse.

January 16

2 minutes ago, johncam said:

More concerned with the low forecast for Sunday, could bring exceptional windy period. One to watch

Noticed that, XC Weather, so GFS has 70mph+ gusts for us on Sunday. Other forecasts currently much less, so maybe GFS just 'gone off on one' again, especially at that range.

January 16

Low of -3.7C overnight, currently -2.8C. A quick look outside suggests no additional snow, as expected. Might get some more later today, but forecasts vary, especially with the timing.

January 15

Currently -3.7C here, and with a high of -1.7C around 2pm it's easily made an 'ice day', barring a miricle warm up in the next 1.5hrs. MetO app, XC Weather, and Yr.No forecasts all suggest it'll stay below freezing right through to later on Friday (only just tomorrow, with a possible max of between -1 and 0C).

Can we make it 4 straight ice days in a row? That in itself would be relatively unusual

January 15

Just now, Sceptical said:

I bought a snowblower back in 2009 after I got fed up of shovelling snow non stop. The machine was great, it could cut a path 24" wide and was smashing through 2 feet of snow no problem at walking pace. After the winter of 2010/11 it sat gathering dust in the garage before the gardener bought it around 2016. Thinking I should have held onto it

I have one, came with the house. Got it up and running 2 years ago with a bit of effort as it obviously hadn't been used for a while, during the second Covid lockdown when I had time to tinker? To be honest unless the snow is really deep it's not worth the hassle, quicker shovelling. It's also only any good if the snow is fairly dry, at all wet and it just clogs the chute constantly. So like yours did, it sits gathering dust in the garage except for exceptional circumstances.

Max here so far for the day has been -1.7C, currently -2.1C, but doesn't really feel very cold at all unless you are in a blustery snow shower.

January 15

21 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

Incoming

Oi, you are stealing all my snow showers now, they are too far east, stop it!

January 15

Just now, Bats32 said:

What's with the "obsession" on whether the French low will graze the south coast tomorrow? We've already had fairly substantial snow in the north with what looks like disruptive snow heading for the west/central belt tomorrow!

Snow anywhere north of Birmingham doesn't count as far as most in the MOD thread believe. Scotland, Ni, Northern England could be 6ft deep in drifts, with the RAF having to airdrop supplies into villages that have been cut off for days, and they'd still be chasing a single snow flake in Southampton. I can understand their desperation, but if that's where they live they have to reconcile themselves to only very occasionally seeing snow.

Glad to report that I managed the 6 mile round trip to Alford and back. Roads have been ploughed but still white everywhere, with snow drifting off the fields in places.

Weather warning being updated, for Wed & Thu at least so far.

January 15

Some pictures from this morning, especially for anyone from the MOD thread who is lurking, and who said it would be a 'dry northerly'.....

Farmer has ploughed the road and the council gritter has been past too, so I might to down to Alford in a bit to try out the new all-season tyres on the car. I need to go to the post office anyway.

January 15

Driveway cleared, took 2 of us 45mins. Up to 20cm in places where drifted, average around 8cm. 13cm at least on the cars as they weren't cleared yesterday, I suspect overall we've had around 15cm of level snow since yesterday morning.

I have a snow day, wife unfortunately does not so is just going to try to get to Keith.

January 15

Heavy snow shower at the moment and currently - 2.5C. I'd guesstimate from looking out the window that there's been around 2 to 3cm since we cleared the driveway around 5pm yesterday. Local roads sound like a mess according to Facebook, schools staying closed or affected by transport not running.

January 14

Impossible to tell from this picture but there was a lot of snow swirling around, some falling from the sky, some being blown off the roof. The dog managed an unofficial world record for the quickest pre-bed pee ever.

January 14

51 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

Can you buy lampposts?

It's nice being oot in the sticks, but ye cannae open the curtain tae see fits gan oan!

Aw a ken is it's snawin.

---

(attempting to work on my doric as when in Rome)

Aye, as above fit some outside/security lights if you don't have any, one of the first things I did when we moved in here. Mine have an override if you switch them off and on within 10 secs, but they are hard to source. Some new ones have a remote control.

None of them seem to last more than a couple of years though before failing.

January 14

Snowy dog walk, and believe me, the video doesn't do justice to how heavy it was. Taken after I'd turned around as the very few exposed bits of my face were getting plastered. Not often I cut short a snowy dog walk.

Cleared the driveway when I got back as it'd stopped snowing by then, but measured 6cm before it was cleared.

January 14

18 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

Blizzard conditions here now... wonderful stuff...

Thought that big blob on the radar had your name on it. We're just on the edge again but no complaints about what we've had so far, will have to think about clearing the driveway at some point, and dog has still to be walked.

January 14

Up to 3cm lying on the driveway, but we're in a bit of a sunny lull at the moment. Plenty of showers still to the north so something has to hit again at some point.

January 14

Almost constant snow here since I posted earlier, of varying intensity, but only amounting to 1cm max depth so far. Temp slowly creeping down, currently 0C, DP - 0.8C.

Sign In

Forums

Blogs

Gallery

Events

Learn About Weather and Meteorology

Community guides

Posts posted by Ravelin