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    Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24

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    Festive greetings!

    Found this on the Met website.

    A technical white Xmas for parts of the north 👍 

    "Helen continued: “As we begin Christmas Day wintry showers initially feeding in across the north in the colder air mass would technically make it a white Christmas, as we only need to see a single flake falling. Elsewhere, while it is likely at first to be mostly dry there is the potential for rain approaching from the west later on. As this moves east, we may see rain turning to snow, at least over high ground. It’s unlikely that we will see widespread or settling snow giving any proper accumulations. Although technically it might be a white Christmas, don’t get your hopes up for a picture-perfect white landscape."

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    Not as cold as yesterday morning, car display showing -5.5c, overcast and dry. The car sounded rough on start up, left the car to idle for 10 minutes before heading off. Still didn't sound great and the EMS light kicked in a couple of times. 

    The paddlocks for the firewood sheds are frozen along with one the entrance doors to the house. A pretty impressive cold start winter.

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    Scotland Weather discussion

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    Posted · Edited by Paul

    On 02/12/2023 at 07:34, Sceptical said:

    Impressively low temperatures for the time of year, suspect somewhere in Scotland might breach -15c tonight.

    Work was cancelled today, apparently the toilets have frozen solid. What a pity 😆 

    Grabbed a photo of the car display as you drop down into the Vale of Alford.

     

     

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    The -15c has happened sooner than I thought:

     

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    Scotland Weather discussion

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    Guidance on installing a temperature sensor.

    Complete drama.

    Official NWS regulations on siting temperature and precipitation sensors

    Temperature sensors

    • The sensor should be 4 to 6 feet, preferably 5 feet, above the ground.
    • The ground over which the radiation shield is located should be typical of the surrounding area.
    • Do not install the sensor on a steep slope or in a sheltered hollow unless it is typical of the area or unless data from that type of site is desired.
    • The shield should be no closer than four times the height of any obstruction (tree, fence, building, etc.)
    • The sensor should be at least 100 feet from any paved or concrete surface
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