Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 3

[glasgow-guy]

here is a nice photo from few minutes ago

[LomondSnowstorm]

Just not heavy enough here, very very frustrating but it just looks wet on the roads! Hopefully the showers tomorrow will push further east but at the moment it's just too high temperatures for even falling snow to lie on the lying snow!!

[Methuselah]

Dry and partly cloudy, -1C...No sign of any snow showers???

[Mesosphere]

am in gifford , 4 miles south of haddington. We have heavy blizzard like conditions and have just heard a rumble of thunder , 2-3cm already on the ground after 15-20 mins

[Zenarcher]

Dry and partly cloudy, -1C...No sign of any snow showers???

Same here temp now down to 1c cold enough for snow but its clear and sunny

[Sunny Leith]

Just seen 2 toddlers being dragged down the road on 2 plastic sledges. Pathetic sight though, at street level its a couple of millimetres of melting greying slush

[snowmess]

Still falling here, but I think it's starting to stop now

Temp. - 0.7C

Humidity - 100%

Dew Point - 0.7C

[glasgow-guy]

snow still fairly heavy here

[kumquat]

Just seen 2 toddlers being dragged down the road on 2 plastic sledges. Pathetic sight though, at street level its a couple of millimetres of melting greying slush

lmao post of the day!

[Snooz]

It's back on here, another of those showers? - I think the NE (Aberdeenshire) tip might just be being lucky catching some more of those?

about 6-8cm lying now I reckon although it's very blowy and we already had 2-3cm.. anyway off out brave the elements - see you all later, enjoy

Edited December 19, 2009 by Snooz

[Methuselah]

Just seen 2 toddlers being dragged down the road on 2 plastic sledges. Pathetic sight though, at street level its a couple of millimetres of melting greying slush :lol:

That reminds of the day I saw some goon hosing snow off his driveway. It was -10C!!

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Finally. After watching with trepidation all day....

Heavy snow here now. A little wet, but defo not sleet; huge flakes the size of golf balls.

Lying on the few cms we have remaining from Thursday.

Woo-hoo

Hope everyone sees some over the next few days.

[Duncan McAlister]

Just wet, (not that) cold and miserable here. As forecast by the BBC right enough, well done them

[glasgow-guy]

light snow falling looking a bit brighter as well but should set us up perfectly for further snow this evening and Sunday hopefully there wont be further rain bands to undo our accumulations

[Richard Taylor]

Looks like a bit of a shower heading towards Aberdeen as I look to the north out of my window. We'll see.

[03jtrickey]

Looking on XCWeather, I think the proximity of a heavy rain report at Glasgow Bishopton and a snow report at Glasgow Airport just 20 mins apart highlights the marginality of this situation!

http://xcweather.co.uk/

Looking very wet in this part of Glasgow (Buchanan Street)

http://www.camvista.com/scotland/glasgow/buchananstreetlive.php

Good luck to all of you up in Scotland, I hope we all get some of that longed-for snow

[Guest]

Looking on XCWeather, I think the proximity of a heavy rain report at Glasgow Bishopton and a snow report at Glasgow Airport just 20 mins apart highlights the marginality of this situation!

http://xcweather.co.uk/

Looking very wet in this part of Glasgow (Buchanan Street)

http://www.camvista.com/scotland/glasgow/buchananstreetlive.php

Good luck to all of you up in Scotland, I hope we all get some of that longed-for snow

Interestingly the METAR for Glasgow Airport reported snow but also recent rain in the same line of code. Which matches my experiences about 7 miles away.

Plus the Bishopton report is 20 mins earlier than the Glasgow Airport one (the Airport is about 3 miles SE from Bishopton, but about 50m lower).

Edited December 19, 2009 by CatchMyDrift

[03jtrickey]

Yes I mentioned they are 20 mins apart. Sounds like an interesting setup in any case! Reminds me of the 2004 event as others have been saying. In 2004 we had 2 inches of snow above a layer of thick, slippery ice. By the way has any of the rain frozen?

[The watcher]

Just seen 2 toddlers being dragged down the road on 2 plastic sledges. Pathetic sight though, at street level its a couple of millimetres of melting greying slush

Haha, off topic I know (wrong place to post) but couldn't resist to that post.

[glasgow-guy]

right guys i am of out for dinner will be back on later

[stuart316]

Football reporter guy on the radio says it is snowing in Kilmarnock now.

[Duncan McAlister]

Temperature really gone up according to Met Office site, 6.2C at Prestwick airport! It's strange because it never seems to cool down that quickly during a burst of slightly cooler uppers, I mean -3 or -4 is still coolish after all. My thermometer still showing 2C, think it needs to be shielded better.

[Guest]

Yes I mentioned they are 20 mins apart. Sounds like an interesting setup in any case! Reminds me of the 2004 event as others have been saying. In 2004 we had 2 inches of snow above a layer of thick, slippery ice. By the way has any of the rain frozen?

I know you'd said they were 20 mins apart

Well it snowed after the rain and some of that stuck. It does look icy and I am about to find out as I'm off out to the shop to get some supplies in. Especially some beer for radar watching later

[Sunny Leith]

Can see clear across to the far Fife horizon now ... higher broken cloud in the distance. Hopefully temps will drop now and preserve Leiths net gain of a couple of millimeteres over the day... Other higher parts of the city may have grabbed a centimetre or so from the squall ?

[mountain shadow]

United game in Hamilton called off at 2.45 because of a blizzard.

Feel sorry for the travelling fans.