Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2

[glasgow-guy]

I just e-mailed the met-office to find out why no warning out

[Sunny Leith]

They're all over the place on this one. I think like today, the best way to know whats happeing on those days will be radar and looking out the window. Today has already shown that any specific details of a Metoffice/Beeb forecast are often quite wrong 24-36-48 hours in advance.

I dont understand, the BBC local weather video for Scotland shows a massive amount of snow for East/Central Scotland on Sat then for the West on Sunday...why is there no warnings for it? This is pretty much a dead cert isnt it? I dont understand it at all. There is so much hype about SE England yet looking on the Sat images, it looks like the big showers are going to miss it completely and flow right down the channel!!

Can anyone shed any light on this snow event on Sat and Sun?

[Snowlover2]

Sorry for my area it said sleet shower, only it just snowed for 2 hours solid after it snowing on and off all morning. The gritter just came, a bit blooming late i think, councils sleeping as usual.

weather warnings now out for NE England for 4pm onwards

Edited December 17, 2009 by Snowlover2

[Polar Gael]

And we have wet snow in Shawlands - albeit just odd flakes at the moment.

Sky is looking darned heavy.

As for the Met Office and Beeb: snow all over their faces.

[Snooz]

I love it - no warnings, no mention on the BBC - and what happens! 2cms of lying snow on the western outskirts of Edinburgh and traffic chaos! Even in the city centre/Leith patchy snow is left 3 hours since the last heavy shower...

Same here, Shuggee, we had about 2 hours of blue skies (12-2) which haven't shifted it and now it's grey/dark again, but the showers have died down, per the radar, for our area anyway, it'll be icy before long and I don't fancy being of those who has to commute home, I do have to go out in about an hour so will see what the roads are saying to me

Anyway like I said I wasn't expecting this today anyway, thought it would be more SE,

PS: who mentioned forecasts changing .. any more details or links

PPS: just as I finish typing, it's started snowing lightly again

[Snowlover2]

Me, up to this lunch time meto had my area as having heavy snow sat and sunday all day. Now they have changed it to heavy snow sat morning and thats it. grrrr was hoping to take kids out sunday for some fun

Edited December 17, 2009 by Snowlover2

[glasgow-guy]

Me, up to this lunch time meto had my area as having heavy snow sat and sunday all day. Now they have changed it to heavy snow sat morning and thats it. grrrr was hoping to take kids out sunday for some fun

bound to change again later tonight have a look after 6pm

[Snowlover2]

snowing again sky looking pretty full

Will do glasgow-guy

Edited December 17, 2009 by Snowlover2

[glasgow-guy]

latest future radar outlook may not actually need a met-office warning out? ps its snowing heavy again

Edited December 17, 2009 by glasgow-guy

[Sunny Leith]

Radar echoes looking less bright but more organised. Some areas could see snow off and on for a while yet it seems and with a little bit of elevation in E.Lothian, Fife, and Lanarkshire, Embra suburbs & hilly parts og town ... some folks could do pretty well before the nights out. Keep us posted. Snowing here in Leith again as I type but not feeling we'll get a repeat of this mornings heavier shower activity.

[Mondy]

Big flakes now. Ground wet.

[glasgow-guy]

rain today just now using precipitation type radar showing snow showers

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[Snowlover2]

Snow very heavy here now, can no longer see the hills, heaviest its been today, if it carries on like this home-time gonna be messy

[blitzen]

It's fair chuckin' it doon here in central Fife at the moment. Big fluffy flakes! Only getting a few minutes between showers now.

[Snowlover2]

Blitzen am just doon the road in cowdenbeath nice day for it eh?

[blitzen]

Blitzen am just doon the road in cowdenbeath nice day for it eh?

Wonderful day Snowlover2 Great to have a neighbour along to share the rollercoaster!

[Stuart]

Look like it snowing back home

[snowmess]

I'm next door in Lochgelly

I was surprised when the snow started lying on the damp/wet ground:pardon:

Now for me to see what we are due in the next few days!

[Snowlover2]

I'm next door in Lochgelly

I was surprised when the snow started lying on the damp/wet ground:pardon:

Now for me to see what we are due in the next few days!

You think we will get much? METO doesn't think so.

[Cookie]

The wait for snow goes on :lol:

temps around 5oC

[snowmess]

You think we will get much? METO doesn't think so.

I'm no pro, but I think we might get something good on Saturday :lol: Hopefully someone with more experience will confirm, closer to the time

[Sunny Leith]

I only have Leith as my benchmark. Streets here mostly wet but bits of snow lying about inappropriately like one of these bad TV movies where they make artificial snow and scatter it about randomly.

Dunno if the shower activity will keep going the next 6-12 hours, seems very intermittent but in the higher parts of town (Liberton where the in-laws stay) they say its just "white" (maybe a cm or so)

[Snowlover2]

I only have Leith as my benchmark. Streets here mostly wet but bits of snow lying about inappropriately like one of these bad TV movies where they make artificial snow and scatter it about randomly.

Dunno if the shower activity will keep going the next 6-12 hours, seems very intermittent but in the higher parts of town (Liberton where the in-laws stay) they say its just "white" (maybe a cm or so)

OOH My mother lives in Glimerton.

[todd1970]

Must say i was very surprised earlier..fell asleep on the couch..woke up with the wean coming in from school.

Shes like..have ye seen the snow ?? looked out and theres a proper covering so it must have been belting it down earlier.

Still snowing just now and the sky looks all that pink way when there is more snow coming. :lol:

[LomondSnowstorm]

Amazing day here! Just an hour after Carol's prediction of light rain showers, snow began to fall. It was fairly heavy in Cupar, lying easily on wet ground, but with a better base of black ice here we managed 7 cms of snow!! Brilliant, and the met still refuses to acknowledge this. Yet again, when a snow event affects the southeast, everywhere else is ignored, until during or after snow has fallen. Many people around here were taken back, though my snow rampings meant my family were less surprised it came off than me! Still falling moderately now, and the met office icons show snow all through the night here (though I'm highly sceptical of their forecasts here!). Well done to all those who got snow and I'll post my pictures later on.

Keep on lamping, the snowfall has only just begun!!

LS