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Snow is pretty dramatic here, quickly accumulating! 

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It is finally snowing!

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4 minutes ago, JoeShmoe said:

Can see here the flow is going to turn more NEly by 1700 through tomorrow .. 

Windy as forecasted

WWW.WINDY.COM

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Wind map and weather forecast

Not sure if that changes where the convergence zone sets up but obviously there's a massive one in the North Sea east of Dundee this afternoon, where the Ne'ly breeze meets the E'ly maybe?

If accurate that will help me, @Hairy Celt and@Northern Strath. 

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

3 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

Oh? We had one 5 minute flurry about 12.30, otherwise sunny and extremely boring.

Ah, the radar lies!

Even worse then as that means it's not even nearby!

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

Still nothing in Inverness, need just a slightly more northerly component to the wind.

 

The snow is literally just over the bridge over the Black Isle  

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We are so frustratingly close to a streamer of heavy snow, just need the flow to move slightly more NE to SW. 

Don't think it's going to happen though  

Someone tell me I'm wrong please

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

1 hour ago, NorthernRab said:

Yeh "heavy snow" here too, the curse of the SErly. We'll see sweet F A unless there's a kink in the isobars. 

Well it has actually decided to snow heavily here now. 

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16 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

Wankshittery radar is on overtime tonight for the black isle.  Absolute nonsense.

Yeh "heavy snow" here too, the curse of the SErly. We'll see sweet F A unless there's a kink in the isobars. 

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Snowing heavily here and beginning to pile up. 

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Out of the blue Moray Firth streamer happening here, snowing heavily here with a good covering!

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2 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

 

It's snow at sea level in Inverness, webcam here: 

Webcam - Highland House of Fraser

WWW.HIGHLANDHOUSEOFFRASER.COM

 

 

Really beginning to pile up here. 

 

 

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Snowing heavily in Inverness. 

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10 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Indeed.

They'll have to dig the fabled orange ball out in a second, a rare beast these days. 

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

Beautiful night here at -2°C, very frosty.

[Model Output Discussion - Snow for some, but what else is in store?]

6 minutes ago, Battleground Snow said:

Leeds and Glasgow

The dividing line between cold and milder air could well be to the north of Glasgow in such a set up. It can also move south and north pretty readily so there's not too much point in getting too invested at this stage. 

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Foggy in Inverness 

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Aye I'm in Inverness city centre at sea level at the moment and it's been snow the whole time since it turned a few hours ago. 

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It's actually turning into a fairly heavy fall now. Big flakes. 

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Turned to sleet and wet snow here too. 

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1 hour ago, Cheggers said:

Just catching up with an old South African friend now living in on East Coast of Iceland, and they had storms a few days ago, wind and ice. 

Is that the Popemobile? 

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

There seems to be a small mild sector in the north because this is turning out to be a damp mess so far? 

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33 minutes ago, Benvironment said:

Haven't even made it subzero here yet. 0.7C  That said, I've had more air frosts here since Christmas Day than I had in the whole of last winter !!

Pretty big variations across the country, even some cold spots like Aviemore are only at 0°C. 

A few more nights of cold minima to come though! 

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards]

-6°C here but - 11°C 25 miles NW of here at Loch Glascarnoch. Chilly! 

[Model output discussion - Into 2021]

28 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

look at the Siberian cold pushing SW

-40c over Siberia & -32 over Svalbard that will help the ice!

That's not Svalbard, that's Franz Joseph Land and Novaya Zemlya. 

Not to be pedantic, just that these islands rarely come up in conversation and I feel this is their moment. 

Svalbard is at a tropical -16°C there. 

[Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Autumn 2020 onwards]

Showers now being generated out in the Moray Firth and coming this way. A NErly can really deliver in this area but with these upper air temps it's a risky business. -3°C currently and still all white. 

 

Everyone do a snowdance for me please.