[Scotland Weather discussion]

Well...Nice to return to such a 'descriptive' post!

Hello folks!   I see the old die- hards are still around.   Comforting to say the least!  (the very least)    The site has changed a bit during my absence so it may take me a while to get what's left of my head around it!   Here goes...

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Morning all.

Looks like another copy and paste sort of day again here with the cloud rolling in.  

3.4c/-1.4c/1035.4/WNW/calm. Overnight low of 0.7c

 

Thanks Piffy!...(I think)

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E'ning all!

Sorry for my absence/return (depending on your point of view!}... LOL.   Been pretty busy over the past couple of weeks helping my daughter move house.

I trust everyone is okay and all broken bones on the mend!  (HC)?

Weather here has been overcast and quite chilly at times with the gritters making an appearance overnight again.

Currently 2.4c/-1.4c/1032.4mb/NE.

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2 minutes ago, Puffy MacCloud said:

So only the coughing bit eludes you?

Excellent

 I'm not sure I know how to answer this this!   Let's call it a draw!

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1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

I got a pair of crutches and was made to feel grateful I had them. Nowt else.

Jings.   How things have changed.

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48 minutes ago, Puffy MacCloud said:

A nice bright day again today with mainly high, wispy cloud letting through occasional sunshine. Even the slabs and decking at the back have dried out. Almost seems like spring, except I've seen the forecast.

Temperature currently 8.1deg.C down from a max of 8.9deg.C at 13:58 and up from a min of 4.4deg.C at 01:21, humidity is 73%, wind 3 to 6mph moving from south-southwesterly to south-southeasterly with a max gust of 20mph at 14:04, pressure is 999.5hPa steady, there's been 3.8mm of rain today and 4.4mm in the last 24 hours and cloud cover is 6/8 and mostly thin.

Right, now I'm off on a ward round to visit Sanserit, Blitzen and Heilan Coo, so you lot, stand by your beds, lift you paper nighties, bend over and cough...

Erm...My needing to cough somewhat eludes me!

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1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

Yes, I went down on ice and broke a fibula. I now know what breaking bone sounds like .  You'll be getting ever more demented updates for a few weeks

Do they have you in a splint  or a cast?

They sent me home in a sling.   I'm afraid I  'slung'  it!   It was the most uncomfortable, unfathomable, infuriating, extremely bulky, jaggy piece of equipment that I have ever had to deal with.   DEFINITELY designed by a man!   It looked and felt like I was wearing what I can only describe as an upside-down dog coat, with the open side facing upwards.  I should really go and count the number of straps and clips (large and small)  attached to this THING!   I am now wearing the much more serviceable, traditional, cotton triangular type.   Works a treat.

 

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Morning all.

Nice fresh,  breezy morning here with temp sitting at 6.5c.   SW/17mph.

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18 minutes ago, Sanserit said:

Happy 50th @Cheggers hope you've not drunk yourself dry yet.

@Hairy Celt, @Blitzen and @Puffy MacCloud hope you're all healing well.  It it's any consolation, I had my first official physio appointment by phone today. You've got to be a certain type of person to dish out those exercises I think! Spent the rest of the day aided by pain relief after being made to move my shoulder in ways that are just not natural but are apparently necessary to stop me seizing up entirely.  Seriously feeling my 50+ years this evening despite trying to kid myself I'm still in my 20s.

 

Erm...Nope!...

 

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1 hour ago, Cheggers said:

Wind has died and is now quite pleasant out side @7c

Going to relive my Saffer youth tonight in celebration of making it to 50 just Kilpdrift paint striper (Brandy) and Biltong

And so it begins...51, 52, 60!!...   Have a good one Cheggers!   Let us know how it went...When and if you can remember!

If I'm right, and I usually am,   I bet that Canadian Moose tripper will be popping in soon to tell us of his celebrations!

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

Looks lovely out. Only my third day of incarceration and I'm already going mad.

Join the club! I'm on my 7th!

Looks as if we have been abandoned in our hour of need HC>   Most of  (not all)  of our supposed close knit Scottish threaders have p****d off and left us to rot here on our own!   Where are they all?   We're supposed to be on lockdown FFoxS!...Maladjusted, tantrum throwing, man child(s)...The lot of 'em!   I hate Netweather!!

 

 

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Morning all.

Well, finally back to green and a bit of sun.    Hopefully reducing any further chances of breaks, strains and dislocations!

7.8c/5.9c/SW/4.9mph/996.4mb.

 

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3 hours ago, Puffy MacCloud said:

Well, Saturday started well with my jab being quick, easy and painless but then went down hill, first with the rugby and then with a potential ice day being ruined at 23:51 when the temperature went up to 0.1deg.C. Sunday was even worse as my daughter slipped on sheet ice coming out of the house, ironically on her way to doing her shift at the hospital, and ended up with a dislocated shoulder. (Anyone see a pattern here?) Her partner was away for the weekend so I had to get her to A&E. Trying to get her into the Land Rover wasn't easy but the several hour wait at A&E was worse. So, deep breath, reset, and back to weather watching. What a change today.

Temperature currently 8.3deg.C up from a minimum of 4.9deg.C at 03:52 and down from a maximum of 8.8deg.C at 11:37, humidity is 90%, wind 3 to 6mph southerly with a maximum gust of 11mph at 09:30, pressure is 1010.7hPa steady, there's been 0.2mm of rain today and 3.2mm in the last 24 hours and the cloud cover is 8/8.

I am so sorry!   I know what your daughter will have to go through now.   

I thought the snow here would be all but gone this morning.   Still mounds of it left everywhere in the garden.  Even most of the pots still have a layer on them.

7.4c/6c/S/1008mb

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Morning.

1.0c/-0.3c/dripping.

Things will look and feel quite strange  I expect, when all of the white stuff finally disappears.

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Looks like we're off! (again)

-1.2c/-4.5c/SE/2.9mph.

 

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3 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Took a while to get going but a decent snow shower to see out this cold spell

Ditto.

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23 minutes ago, Ross B said:

Just went to take a photo of the snow and a Sparrow Hawk was watching  me... 

Now then... I thought I had a visiting Kestrel (quite often)   Looking at that though, I'm not so sure.   Although I think that Kestrels are more of a brown shade ?

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1 hour ago, Stormeh said:

Yes same here.

Does anyone else feel a bit sad knowing that all this lovely snow will soon disappear? 

The kids have been out the last 5 days sledging and having snowball fights with friends and we have had some great walks over the last couple of days in the clear blue skies and sun making everything look beautiful in the snow. It’s been a really great winter and it’s only mid February so plenty of time left for more snow 

Nope!!   (for once)

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19 minutes ago, Big Innes Madori said:

Thanks Blitzy!

Aye  the big 60 ouch

Big Innes 

Ach, yer still jist a bairn min!

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Lovely morning here too.

-3.1c/-6.4c/SE/13mph.

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1 hour ago, Big Innes Madori said:

Whit a beautiful cauld Snaw covered morning tae get up and realise that yer noo entitled tae a Bus Pass!!!

Big Innes

I had kinda mixed feelings on that particular  morning BI.   Spent the following few years in denial before I finally applied for it!!

Happy birthday (?)!!

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-2.7c/-6/SE/8mph/dry.

Nice day here today.  Only a short dandruff shower to report.

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Morning all.

Not sure, but I think we may have had a very light sprinkling here overnight.   Son was up and cleared drive and walkways last night and they had maybe a cm covering this morning.   Lowest temp achieved was -3.1c which has  steadily risen to 0.3c about 30mins ago. Wind ESE/12mph/1032.3/a bit cloudier today.

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2 minutes ago, asjmcguire said:

Guys, I know it's not Scotland - or weather related but -

Google "Dartmoor national park fire"

Goodness! my brother's house is on the edge of Dartmoor.  He goes walking there every other day.   Didn't know about this.   (kinda had other things going on!)

I better give him a call.

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-4.1c/-5.2c/E/calm&twinkly clear.