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Barely raining in Edinburgh… forecast was showing moderate to persistent rainfall, and what we have is barely an intermittent spray. So no chance of seeing any flakes later, I was hoping the predicted heavy rain and dropping 850 temps could have helped bring temperatures down low enough for snow.

Ice Day Stunning charts from GFS06 for central belt of scotland... although as always i'm sure we'll end up missing out, or Edinburgh will have sleety rain. Was hoping for a bit more of an easterly, maybe if the low shifts south we might end up pulling in colder air from the east with north sea snow showers for us in scotland.

Saturday looking like an interesting day up here in Scotland. GFS still showing sub-zero 850temps across most of the country, coupled with persistent rain and temperatures of 6-7C even at low altitude by the end of the day. ECMWF on the other hand suggesting very heavy rain with possible flooding, but milder temperatures. Quite phenomenal how different the temperature forecasts are between the different models, and it is only 2 days away. 10 degrees difference between ECMWF and GFS.

Some models (such as GFS06) are predicting onshore breezes that may keep temperatures quite low in the Edinburgh area. Latest GFS is predicting 22C on Sunday, and only 20 on Monday and Tuesday thanks to north-eastern winds.

February 2020 was quite decent in Edinburgh too, would take a repeat of that anyday. Had some proper blizzard conditions over here, despite the winds coming in from the west rather than the east. Anyway, it seems like storms could be making a return soon, just hope the high pressure sinks south and expands towards Greece/turkey to flatten things out a bit.

Another dreadful day in the capital. Horrid weather. Satellite images show the endless stream of low clouds coming in from the Atlantic

Agree with everyone, weather has been extremely boring recently. The high pressure is too far south and we are just on the edge, as mild westerly winds bring endless gloom. Ironically down south it seems to be colder (and sunnier), which I would definitely prefer to what we are getting now. No end in sight either, and I'm not looking at GFS anymore and it's phantom northerlies and height rises. Never thought I'd say this, but wouldn't mind an Atlantic storm to spice things up a little.

I'm jealous of everyone in England, the HP is not far enough north and here in Scotland it is bringing endless gloom, mild weather and quite gusty winds. No change in sight either... The models are just depressing, I've stopped checking them every day as there isn't much point.

Indeed, Ecmwf is pretty awful for scotland with lots of cloud around next week. GFS was great last week, lots of sunny, frosty days predicted. Now it has aligned with ECMWF, as I expected would happen. To get sunny, frosty weather, we would need the HP to move further north, instead it is sitting over southern U.K.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on, although I’m not keeping my hopes up given that ECMWF is showing a completely different evolution. First we need the high pressure to push further north (as predicted by GFS). That gives us both better chances for cold and snow or sunny and dry weather. If the high pressure stays to the south, then we can forget about seeing any sun for days. Unseasonably mild, wet and windy being the key words.

And just like that those signals have disappeared in todays models. I’ll keep quiet next time not to jinx it

The models do seem to hint that we may be heading towards a prolonged period of cold zonality. So we could see some more seasonal temperatures and snow on low ground. Definitely not the worst outlook for Scotland, especially given the AO+ and NAO+ setup.

Is this a Bartlett finally? Seems to be in the right position and not shifting much from there either. I wouldn’t even mind cold zonality, at least it is usually quite long lasting and can deliver snow, especially here in Scotland. Early February 2020 was great. But with high pressure pushing north from Spain, anything other than very mild, wet and windy, is extremely unlikely. And for those that say these are normal Synoptics for our country, they are not. The temperatures are predicted to be about 5 degrees above average.

I suspect we may end up with a Bartlett in the long term. Models have been hinting at it all day, with a few exceptions.

I will update this to heavy rain for most of the day, +2 to +4 degrees. Maybe some sleet in higher areas of the city, and possibly snow towards Currie/Balerno. Easterly winds.