Sunshineandshowers84

Just a very light dusting of snow in EK too but it’s was the lightest of showers and dying out too as it really remained clear skies overhead. Was already white with frost beforehand and around -2 i think.

Notice roads around Glasgow area are gridlock. Checked google maps and it’s bad although quite a dumping of snow and it’s still snowing.

Yes it appears to be a bit of freezing rain in Glasgow. It’s light but pavements not gritted have got worse since rain started with people walking on roads.

Sleet falling here in EK. This will turn the roads/pavements icy again just as they’ve properly started to thaw past day or so.

I remember 19th December 2009 we had gone a week or so in freezing conditions and it turned slightly milder and that day a cold front pushed through over Glasgow with heavy rain turning to heavy snow quickly at all levels and freezing conditions behind it. Thereafter we went weeks with low temps and that continued on and off until March. I can remember Hogmanay 2009 and it was severely cold. Don’t remember too much snow that winter it was mainly cold, crisp weather.

Yeh that could have been the reason for your Thundersnow. However the rainfall radar didn’t show much in the way of red this morning within the rainband where any lightning activity was.

Temp has gone up a fair bit since this morning. You leave EK and drive into Glasgow earlier on and no snow lying yet Lanarkshire at a standstill and it was still snowing but slowly turned to rain. This was a fairly large band of rain that spread from the East this morning. Was looking to see if this was a Warm Front or a Trough. The Trough would have seemed more likely due to embedded Cumulonimbus that caused Thundersnow in places. But Met Office surface pressure showed Warm Front symbols with the low to the South. But I think BBC showed different.

Heavy Snow in EK. Looked out at 5 was still dry 40 minutes later a good covering may continue for a few hours and it’s heavy

Cold Front just went through. A thin band but some quite heavy rain with it. Forecast shows that Front will weaken as it heads south and east brining no rain as it continues over England.. Apart from drizzle at times was a warm day. Not any fresher so far since the front passed through.

Best summers for West Of Scotland were 2003 where I remember Golf Courses come were completely brown by September .. 2005 was a good July followed by a brilliant June/July 2006. I remember the World Cup that year and most days during it were warm and Sunny but a pity August was dull.. From there we only had decent summer weather July 2013 and 2014.. Then 2018 from May into mid July was brilliant then August and September were very poor. But most summers of the 2000s have been poor with many damp and dull with very few warm and sunny spells.. 2004 was very wet but also rather warm. It had good days but that ended into Thundery Spells and these occurred most weeks especially August. It was quite a tropical summer with many warm days but with a good number of Thunderstorms too with many places in Central Belt flooded badly in August. Only proper winters were 2002/03. Lots of Frosts that winter but also dry and that took us into the good spring and summer of 2003.. March 2006 brought the great dumping of snow to Glasgow. 2009/10 was a harsh winter with so many weeks where maximum temps were not above freezing. Only the first half of 2010/11 winter was cold with big snowfall and took till 2018 where we got beast from the East although I would say snowfall late 2010 and in 2009/10 winter was actually worse.

Was hoping to sit out in the sun today but this low cloud simply won’t clear

The storms were part of a Trough last night so the air mass did not change unlike it would do with Frontal rain usually. So that’s why it’s remained hot and humid as there was no fresher air behind the storms.

At Troon beach just now and can see that storm cloud to my south east

Just been woken up by booms of Thunder from cell over North Lanarkshire

Still watching from EK and plenty of flashes.

Was out back garden there in EK and got distance flash to my south

Rain cleared by 7pm to leave a nice end to the day but rather muggy, damp and plenty of midges about. So Friday short lived affair with it becoming hazy by mid afternoon. Cold Front to pass by evening but could bring cloud with some drizzle or become active will need to see. Poor July so it’s been and don’t think I’ve had anytime sitting outside. It’s not been a wash out but grey, cool with constant weather fronts passing through. Be great if we had a good spell in August where it was decent however I never hold much hope during August as it never delivers here and is more autumnal yet September is usually better.

Got woken up by Torriental rain at 3 o’clock this morning. Only the Met Office had predicted heavy rain 3 and 4am and it was spot on (others said dry). Heaviest rain I’ve had here this summer. Looking at the radar it gained intensity heading south over the Campsies and over Glasgow and Lanarkshire.

Clearing up in EK after a cloudy day. Forecast says dry this evening need to see. Notice to my East perhaps something developing. Could be nearer Edinburgh

So it is was Thunder I heard. I thought it was actually guys loading a van outside at first..

Within 5 minutes a cloud has built up pretty well becoming darker too with other towering cumulus building surrounding it. Need to see if this builds a bit more as it heads northwards over Glasgow and beyond

Yes there was a day last August it was mid to high 20s in Glasgow. The August before that was in 2007 where it got to around 25c the only warm spell that summer. The last good August was 2003 otherwise it’s always a wet month with little in the way of great sunshine or a dry week.. I do remember during the 90s a number of good August’s..

Looking from EK towards Ayrshire quite a big cloud however radar shows its around Kilmarnock area..

I could and still see the Anvils from Southside of Glasgow. The showers are very slow moving though.

Here in EK skies did darken but only a shower went by and it wasn’t heavy. Lightning radar does show something around Falkirk area maybe somebody could verify??