Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 8

[JoeShmoe]

Looks like the rain band in SW Scotland is organising itself nicely - current;y -3c and -3 dewpoint here although im not sure the uppers support snow to low levels

Edited December 26, 2009 by JoeShmoe

[Snowlover2]

Evening all.

I can barly see the end of my street for the fog, it's not a log street either. Temp is -0.3 as is the DP. Just been in the Model discussion thread and its a little heated in there, is it always like that or is it just because it's xmas?

[Richard Taylor]

IocaI airport rports Tmps -7, Dwpoint -8. PossibiIity of Viz dropping to 3,000m.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Some people are throwing toys out of prams because the xxZ run at T+xxx shows mild air hanging around south-east England while on the other hand at T+yyy there is a downgrade on snow chances for some other area- rather silly really as beyond about 4 days out, the outlook usually changes markedly from one run to the next.

[Guest]

Looks like the rain band in SW Scotland is organising itself nicely - current;y -3c and -3 dewpoint here although im not sure the uppers support snow to low levels

Well, I'm at a heady 100m asl and it is snowing here now. Who needs uppers??

[Sunny Leith]

Would rather it didn't show up here JS and left us to a frost instead. Each of the events we've had the last 2 days in the Embra area has been more and more marginal ... rain, sleet, air and dew-points just above 0 in daytime at least (thats at the aiport, degree or two higher in town, and certainly by the time you get to Leith) ... its made things progressively mushier at ground level.

Theres still a lot on the ground Embra-wide ... 3 inches or so up here at Liberton but the condition of the snow gets worse every day. If that stuff gets here from the SW then I'd think the most likely outcome is rain, sleet at best and further impact on whats on the ground. I'm in snow-preservation mode for the next 24 hours at least !

Looks like the rain band in SW Scotland is organising itself nicely - current;y -3c and -3 dewpoint here although im not sure the uppers support snow to low levels

Edited December 26, 2009 by by-tor

[Highland Snow]

Evening all.

I can barly see the end of my street for the fog, it's not a log street either. Temp is -0.3 as is the DP. Just been in the Model discussion thread and its a little heated in there, is it always like that or is it just because it's xmas?

Bulletproof jacket and full NBC Warfare Kit required if you are not in the main group!

[Ross B]

Well, I'm at a heady 100m asl and it is snowing here now. Who needs uppers??

Heavy rain here - Normal service resumes!

[Sawel]

This is a question for Norrance if you're reading this (or anyone else in Dundee)...

How much snow is on the ground now? When I left to go home to N.I for xmas there were 4 inches or so. Has much of it melted?

We've had a bit of a thaw here today with a bit of rain.

I notice that there's to be some snow tomorrow night across the central belt and up towards Dundee...

[Mondy]

Heavy rain here - Normal service resumes!

Great! Means more snow for me

No...I don't really mean that - nothin' worse than being marginal :-( ...

[Guest]

Heavy rain here - Normal service resumes!

It is like "snowballs"* coming down here. Thick flakes like this morning. Quite a shower. Even if it does turn to rain now it will just freeze up into an unholy mess. Sorry you missed out Ross

*Mrs Catch's very accurate description, some huge flakes!!!

[Mondy]

Thick, freezing fog here for last few hours - how good has this cold spell been ladies and gents? -3c/-3C DP. Cold air really has a got a grip.

[Norrance]

This is a question for Norrance if you're reading this (or anyone else in Dundee)...

How much snow is on the ground now? When I left to go home to N.I for xmas there were 4 inches or so. Has much of it melted?

We've had a bit of a thaw here today with a bit of rain.

I notice that there's to be some snow tomorrow night across the central belt and up towards Dundee...

No thaw at all here as yet. Today was an ice day with a snow shower in the afternoon that gave a thin new cover. Cold enough since that individual flakes on the window sill can still be seen. Possible top up later tonight too I think.

[Guest]

Thick, freezing fog here for last few hours - how good has this cold spell been ladies and gents? -3c/-3C DP. Cold air really has a got a grip.

We had thick fog all day here which has turned into thick snow now. It is raining just 8 miles south of here (North Ayrshire) but it is coming down in sheets of snow here. We haven't seen snow so heavy since this morning.

[Snowplough33]

No thaw at all here as yet. Today was an ice day with a snow shower in the afternoon that gave a thin new cover. Cold enough since that individual flakes on the window sill can still be seen. Possible top up later tonight too I think.

Its looks from the radar that the band is making good progress towards us

[LomondSnowstorm]

Some people are throwing toys out of prams because the xxZ run at T+xxx shows mild air hanging around south-east England while on the other hand at T+yyy there is a downgrade on snow chances for some other area- rather silly really as beyond about 4 days out, the outlook usually changes markedly from one run to the next.

Toys are most definitely in the pram in this part of the world, TWS. -1.6C here with thick fog as well, though the band to our southwest is moving towards us and looks pretty large and heavy- just hope it doesn't push temperatures too much above 0C. If snow cover in most central areas survives this band, then we do look to be almost in the clear, with uppers at least -4 everywhere except the far south of Scotland by tomorrow lunchtime. From then on in, the snowmaggedon fun returns, with yet another week of out-of-the-blue snow events popping up giving the Met Office a headache and many areas lots of snow. Anyway, warm air hanging around the southeast of England might not be a bad thing from our perspective, as it means the low on Tuesday is a bit further north, giving a stronger flow and more PPN for more areas.

LS

[Highland Snow]

This is a question for Norrance if you're reading this (or anyone else in Dundee)...

How much snow is on the ground now? When I left to go home to N.I for xmas there were 4 inches or so. Has much of it melted?

We've had a bit of a thaw here today with a bit of rain.

I notice that there's to be some snow tomorrow night across the central belt and up towards Dundee...

I am an Ulsterman working for Boots in Dundee. Slight thaw on Christmas Eve with rain shower at lunchtime. Heavy snow shower at 3pm today so the status quo remains ~5-7cms outside the City centre. Temps have been mostly subzero day and night.

[BlizzardConditions]

Heavy rain on the South side of Glasgow. With Ross also reporting rain but CMD getting snow then it looks like it could go either way depending on local conditions.

Edited December 26, 2009 by BlizzardConditions

[Mondy]

We haven't seen snow so heavy since this morning.

- bet you haven't written that sentence too often over the years?!

[Guest]

- bet you haven't written that sentence too often over the years?!

It was a first. And probably a last. Snow going off here, let's hope no more precip tonight as it is raining in Bridge of Weir which is just 3 miles south of me.

[Norrance]

I am an Ulsterman working for Boots in Dundee. Slight thaw on Christmas Eve with rain shower at lunchtime. Heavy snow shower at 3pm today so the status quo remains ~5-7cms outside the City centre. Temps have been mostly subzero day and night.

I think the thaw was mostly in the town. The shower on Christmas Eve changed from snow to freezing rain and made no impact in my garden where the temp remained at about -2C at 1 mtr above ground level.

[rossco89]

Had heavy rain here all day, thaw has well and truly set in down here!

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Evening all.

band of showers just arriving here now as light freezing rain. T is still -1.5 so I'm hoping it turns to snow as it gets heavier.

We got ~1 cm last night (much to my dissapointment, the band that passed over split leaving us with very little) and was little if any melting today with a good 4" compacted cover remaining.

My folks near Aviemore have over a foot at the moment.

Cheers

[Norrance]

Its looks from the radar that the band is making good progress towards us

It's looking good so far. My temperature is currently -3.1C so it would take a good bit of warming for us to miss out. Hope that's not put a damper on it.

[Snowlover2]

Toys are most definitely in the pram in this part of the world, TWS. -1.6C here with thick fog as well, though the band to our southwest is moving towards us and looks pretty large and heavy- just hope it doesn't push temperatures too much above 0C. If snow cover in most central areas survives this band, then we do look to be almost in the clear, with uppers at least -4 everywhere except the far south of Scotland by tomorrow lunchtime. From then on in, the snowmaggedon fun returns, with yet another week of out-of-the-blue snow events popping up giving the Met Office a headache and many areas lots of snow. Anyway, warm air hanging around the southeast of England might not be a bad thing from our perspective, as it means the low on Tuesday is a bit further north, giving a stronger flow and more PPN for more areas.

LS

Think Fife will get any snow tonight? Meto says no but that means nothing right?