Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 8

[Guest]

Ditto for your post! You have been very patient given your obvious lack of luck with regards to snow last week, Catch. I would've been much more frustrated, but you've seen the bigger picture and not lost it like some others would! Next week looks good for all of us, so hopefully you'll get your dumping then. By the way, has anyone seen the new weathergirl on the beeb? She just refered to the area from the Campsie fells to northeast Fife as 'the southern uplands' and said the snow band had moved away east, when it was clearly still sitting in central Scotland! Now she's showing snow falling in the northwest of Scotland and talking about dumpings in 'central areas'!! Did she even do Standard Grade/GCSE Geography???

LS

I'm saying nothing, honest:

What can you say???

I'm still waiting for the Beeb's 4C and rain today. Poor, poor forecasting.

[LomondSnowstorm]

I'm saying nothing, honest:

What can you say???

I'm still waiting for the Beeb's 4C and rain today. Poor, poor forecasting.

It's 40 mules and an acre stuff - you should sue!!!! I still await my clear intervals this evening - I can't tell what's falling now as I'm not near a lampost but temperatures have just crept above freezing and something heavy is falling - should be snow given dew point and the fact it was always snow here but you never know. It doesn't matter though, even rain will freeze and my snowcover is safe for at least another week!

[scotweather]

Very Heavy prolonged snow here. Started off as rain then turned to sleet. Have in excess of 4-5cm of fresh snow on the ground

[Sunny Leith]

Incredibly we're on marginally on the wrong side of everything at Liberton at 400 ft ASL. It almost makes no sense. Marginal temps but I'd have thought we'd just be dipping into 0c and snow, not rain. Geographically - and checking the radar and the trafficcams, the snow is falling just outside the western city boundary ... and as rain to the east of that. 10 miles... or another 1F drop... or wind flow NOT off the sea... and we might have shared in some bonus snow.

But rain.. I give up !

Oh well, the weather does what it wants where it wants

Heavy snow here, although the snow fall is a bit wet but can't complain as that 's now 11 days snowfall on he trot . Not bad for the even larger teapot !

Edited December 27, 2009 by by-tor

[Mondy]

...and still the snow tumbles.

Just read the model thread -

[Madman89]

beeen snowing very heavy in perth for last hour

[Mondy]

Meto flash got it right for here:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ta/ta_forecast_warnings.html

[scotweather]

Meto flash got it right for here:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ta/ta_forecast_warnings.html

Its about time Meto got it write !

[❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️]

If i may add something to the 'bash everything not in Scotland' thread, Braemar recorded a -10.6C MAX yesterday!

Edited December 27, 2009 by RAIN RAIN RAIN

[Hairy Celt]

Evening all... or, morning all?

Just been trying to make sense of MO forecasts, GFS, ECM outputs, etc. for the next few days and failed. Going to revert to radar and lamp-post watching. And wtf is going on in the model thread? Mass suicide?

We've had no fresh snow here for a few days apart from the odd flake but lovely clear skies and temp ranges -4 to +1. A few miles down the road they've had -9 and Inverness was in freezing fog this afternoon

[NorthernRab]

Evening all... or, morning all?

Just been trying to make sense of MO forecasts, GFS, ECM outputs, etc. for the next few days and failed. Going to revert to radar and lamp-post watching. And wtf is going on in the model thread? Mass suicide?

We've had no fresh snow here for a few days apart from the odd flake but lovely clear skies and temp ranges -4 to +1. A few miles down the road they've had -9 and Inverness was in freezing fog this afternoon

Currently -10.5'C in the back garden, -13'C to -15'C might be possible by the morning? A cold one.

[NorthernRab]

If i may add something to the 'bash everything not in Scotland' thread, Braemar recorded a -10.6C MAX yesterday!

Eh?!

Anyway, very cold indeed!

[rossco89]

was rain and sleet down here slight thaw was on the temps are starting to drop but the problem is with 10 inches of snow compacted on to the pavements and roads its solid ice and once it freezes tonight i can see casualty being bizzy tomorrow with broken limbs

Yep, its LETHAL here now, much worse than it was before, its like a sheet of glass!

[NorthernRab]

The winter scenery, looking over Craig Phadraig in Inverness today towards the Fannich sgurrs.

[Madman89]

snow has been falling from around 10pm last time in perth , i measured the amount at 9 inches still snowing heavy big flakes

[Madman89]

snows now been non stop for 7 hours in perth , 10 inches measured in garden

[Hiya]

snows now been non stop for 7 hours in perth , 10 inches measured in garden

I'm pleased for you, you've been asking about snow in Perth for 2 weeks now.

More to come I'd think as that front stalls before moving off south east.

I would wait if you can.

Well it did turn to snow and it looks like we got about 12 cm. Very marginal.

Edited December 27, 2009 by Hiya

[Cymro]

The winter scenery, looking over Craig Phadraig in Inverness today towards the Fannich sgurrs.

Cad a mar ata tu?

[Hiya]

Cad a mar ata tu?

You might have better luck in the Irish threads with that, mo charaid, although I'm sure he'll understand it!

I'm right on the edge of the front and it is still marginal, currently snowing though.

Still a chance of a level foot in Perth.

"Accumulations of 5 to 10cm are possible, particularly over higher ground."

mmmm

[Methuselah]

Light snow here in Sneckie...

Judging from the radar, Perth could well get a level foot!!

[Cymro]

You might have better luck in the Irish threads with that, mo charaid, although I'm sure he'll understand it!

I'm right on the edge of the front and it is still marginal, currently snowing though.

Still a chance of a level foot in Perth.

"Accumulations of 5 to 10cm are possible, particularly over higher ground."

mmmm

Oh right :/ don't any of you guys speak Scots Gaelic then? I speak a little through intrest.

[Madman89]

snows went off lol

[Hiya]

snows went off lol

It'll be back on in a minute

Mine is turning more to rain.

Oh right :/ don't any of you guys speak Scots Gaelic then? I speak a little through intrest.

Yeah some of us do but that was Northern Irish you posted!

[Snowplough33]

snows went off lol

Did you manage a foot? ARe you in Perth itself or outlying area?

[LomondSnowstorm]

Still heavy snow here - reckon we have at least 8 inches on the grass, with a fresh 4 inches on roads - good to here perth's joined in the fun. Giant flakes here now, accumulating very quickly now.

LS