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Right this greetin-faced soor-pussed toys-oot-the-pram man-child is going out into the snaw. The point is to enjoy it isn't it, not to sit here behind the keyboard all day pointlessly ranting at radar and isobars. Anyway @101_North and @JoeShmoe can keep up the high-quality Edinburgh whining in my absence
. Enjoy the snaw everyone !
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Just now, 101_North said:
I'm remaining hopeful for later today. Not going near a single chart. Just going to work from home, drink too much coffee, look out the window and watch the sky, see what happens and turn to drink sometime this afternoon
Good idea. Being in Leith I'll turn to heroin.
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8 minutes ago, 101_North said:
Well.... the kids have been out with the 30cm Helix and we have an upgrade of sorts..... 5cm on the grass
I'll measure mine when I go out, but it's less depth than yours for obvious reasons. To add insult to injury, from the window I can see what might be termed North Leith is at least occasionally getting blasted by some of whats passing us by in the Forth, whilst I sit here in sun-bathed South Leith. Taking this personally now ! Heres a wee selfie from a minute ago.
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4 minutes ago, Blitzen said:
I'm sure it's to do with the northerly element in the wind? You can see the thinning of the showers in the sea opposite Fife on the radar. Until that shifts round a bit to full easterly, then what we've got is what we'll continue to get. (and I'm never wrong)
Maybe but just north of east is what usually works best here in multiple previous setups. Basically I'm toys oot the pram just now, best thing is to go for a walk in what is currently a beautiful snowy day here (just not remotely snowy enough though!)
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2 minutes ago, Penicuikblizzard said:
I think the media circus have over hyped this cold spell,,,Ive seen more snow in Edinburgh from a Westerly ?
That memory must put your age at 93.
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Just now, TinyTim said:
Paul
You're not alone... just been out to take measurements, and a grand total of 2.5 cm / 1 inch! We've actually had more than before this winter already, believe it or not!
The one redeeming factor in my eyes is the type of snow.. it's lovely and really starting to blow around a lot. 'If' and its a big IF we get a decent fall later it will be absolute chaos... so, the jury is still out, but certainly in the 'letdown' category so far!
Certainly not begrudging those with better snow
but when Broughty Ferry has more... well...
Tim
Aye. I don't grudge it to anyone here either. Frustration on my part, and part of that is my inability to understand why there's a (relatively) effective snow shield here so close to the north sea action, whilst areas far west of here get hammered. I understand some of why that happens but the basic recipe of uppers, dew-points, convection, flow appears to be in place here so I'm not getting my head around whats going on. And hey someone's got to be the grump on here right !
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3 minutes ago, lorenzo said:
The North Sea is absolutely loaded with Snow, and the flow is exceptional continuing to deliver convection west of the UK!
5 minutes ago, Ross B said:It's only 2 hours into the Amber warning which lasts until tomorrow night!!
If I went on my roof (not a day for doing that !) then I could see the north sea. Proximity to it not exactly proving to be a bonanza in Leith I have to say. It's perverse really.
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3 minutes ago, 101_North said:
4 inches! No.....you absolutely cannot share my grumpiness
I will. Relative to conditions elsewhere, relative to the hype, relative to the forecast, and relative to 2010 or even 2013, locally this is an underperformer. We only need the sun to come out most of the day now to attack what we have to complete my morning grumpiness.
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17 minutes ago, 101_North said:
So no doubt I'll be labelled grumpy again but this isn't panning out how I imagined LOL
Same here. In relative terms I rate this as a B-minus locally. Can't say I rate an easterly that manages to set up steady constant streamer activity 40-50-60 miles west of us and mostly manages to circumnavigate Edinburgh. Utter gash.
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3 minutes ago, 101_North said:
Despite being rather disappointed thus far (2cm on the ground) I'm looking forward to see what overnight and tomorrow brings! Plenty of opportunity ahead
Yeah...been very little here to add to the 2 or 3 good coastal hits we had here 4 or 5 hours ago. To be honest I'd happily roll the dice on a subtle change of wind direction or flow, currently the lack of snaw activity around a radius of Edinburgh is pretty dispiriting.
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15 minutes ago, Snowlover2 said:
My friends are all freaking out at me, “Lisa you said this would be epic”
ive got away with it by reminding them it’s only Tuesday ???
Ditto. I'm getting stick too. I'm going to pass all their complaints through to Hawsey should the current snaw underachievement persist in Leith.
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4 minutes ago, edo said:
How the f00k can Motherwell have more snow than me
No offence Motherwell
Euro 4 looks good to end of Thursday but yet to get going here....still was not even supposed to get proper snow till early hours of tomorrow so keeping the faith before chucking the toys oot
But mother f00king well
Fae an easterly
Taking the pi55
Yeah, f00k off Motherwell
On the plus-side if the game is snawed off on Sunday at least the Hertz will still be in the cup for a few more days ! Meantime, although there's not a big lot falling here, what is coming down is swirling about the streets like St Petersburg in a spy movie.
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6 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:
I think the problem is this:
Dundee and Fife (and Motherwell's) shower line is coming directly from the ENE, the line that's hitting the northeast of England and now the eastern Borders is coming directly from the North East, and your snow is... well, being diverted to either Shuggee or myself
This is going to change once this line out in the North Sea moves inland and your snow shield will relent... Or maybe not but you never know
Cheers LS, that makes sense
But when you say "diverted" I prefer to use the term STOLEN !
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11 minutes ago, Hawesy said:
A few nerves in here this evening....understandable....but if you are in central or eastern Scotland keep in mind:
1) The amber warning doesn’t even begin to take effect until 6am tomorrow morning.
2) We have 48 hours of extremely low uppers and thicknesses with a long sea fetch ahead of us
Patience is the key! Stop looking at the radar, obsessing over each and every weather forecast, app update and Euro4 prognostication....
.....but we can’t, can we?
No we can't
I'm currently using a marker pen on my screen to trace the outline of showers as they approach and run through the Forth estuary, to get some kind of handle on whats happening over time. My astounding conclusion: there's not many heading for, or hitting Edinburgh Think I should go and do something normal for a wee while. Whatever normal is !
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3 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:
Weird thing is how the radar looks much better than it really is. According to radar's accumulated ppn, Embra should be buried by now.
Yup, something is broken here, god knows what
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17 minutes ago, sn0wman said:
I've noticed this too... Very strange!
Don't even have a covering of snow yet here in the Newington part of Edinburgh, but it seems like the west of the city has done pretty well so far. Places like Livingston look like they've been getting clobbered this evening. Hopefully the weird tendency of showers to decay rapidly near here and then re-intensify after moving past will end before tomorrow!
Aye, the Edinburgh snow-shield is being perversely effective and operating at 80% efficiency despite all the factors that are currently scripted to give us a decent build-up of snow (but aren't). ENE wind, convection into the estuary, temperature, dewpoint and (presumably) uppers are all in play. But have that sinking feeling that locally this is not going to be anything like a 2010 or 2013 repeat. Something missing this time, too subtle for me to work out yet. Different outcomes elsewhere of course.
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5 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:
Looking good here as well - down to -1.5C with close to an inch just from that last powdery shower and with the next shower just about to start.
This ENErly direction is probably optimal for a good distribution of snow down the east coast and as it turns to more of a due easterly direction we may start to see an increased concentration along the Forth-Clyde region but with uppers as low as they are I think we're all in for a very snowy 48 hours or so (away from the Killie snowshield
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Yeah, no complaints, at best an even 1cm round here but given the marginal beginning to the day in Leith it's a relief. Some folk have already had a good start but for most of us it looks like its the next 48 hours that determine whether we bracket 2018 alongside other memorable events, or whether its a footnote that didn't match the hype. 'Mon the snaw !
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4 minutes ago, 101_North said:
Looks like Leith is going OK so far. Only a light covering up here so far.
Couple of direct hits does the job. Hopefully more, bigger, heavier, longer-lasting radar blobs to come all our ways.
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4 minutes ago, jamieson87 said:
Keep seeing flurries here. Never lies though. Am I right in thinking this is because the temp remains above 0?
Shouldn't matter too much. You just need more of it falling for a bit longer. Coming together gradually on this side of town.
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Next radar-blob hitting us now. Visibility dropped and being blasted by fine talcum powder snaw.
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2 minutes ago, jamieson87 said:
Hail has now stopped. Snow flurries upon us.
Sky has considerably darkened over the past few minutes. No blue sky to be seen anymore.
2mm's down, 13.8cms to go !
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6 minutes ago, jamieson87 said:
Nothing to report over the other side of Edinburgh by the airport just now.
Is it lying?
Yes, no problems on that score.
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First "proper" 2010-style snow shower hitting Leith just now. A few more direct hits like that on the radar and we'll be on the way.
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5 minutes ago, 101_North said:
If anything the latest Amber warning looks like an upgrade of sorts. Extended longer on Thursday and covers further south.
Yeah noticed that. Here and now, dew point has dropped steadily to -3 at the airport, wind constant from the east, radar looks decent over coming hours, and fine snowflakes blowing about in the wind down here. The trend might be underway.
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but when Broughty Ferry has more... well... 
But when you say "diverted" I prefer to use the term STOLEN ! 
Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion - 16/01/2018 Onwards
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Bonnie snow covered day in town, tourists loving it. Off topic, just having a hot chocolate in MacDonalds. Would it have been wrong of me to eat the 4 chicken nuggets that someone just walked away and left ? In the minutes I took to ponder that moral question, a staff member binned them. Won't make that mistake again...