Scotland Cold Spell Discussion Part 12

[Snowplough33]

Have a look at theEllon south camera. the road was clear a few mins ago........so was the north camera!!!

[Methuselah]

We may well get some snow later on Sunday into Monday when this occlusion moves down from the north. Usually snowfall from an occlusion is fairly light, although one of these dropped 2-3 inches of snow over parts of Scotland last winter (that was over heaviest snowfall last year here!!):

Aye, Catch...And that occlusion will be running into some very cold air...Let's hope it moves-through slowly?

[Snowplough33]

Aye, Catch...And that occlusion will be running into some very cold air...Let's hope it moves-through slowly?

And doesn't do a disappearing act over Angus, Central

Sorry to labour the point, but look at Huntly camera, and Laurencekirk gas joined in to

[doctormog]

Nothing here in Aberdeen at the moment (apart from what's on the ground!). Hopefully that stuff by the Toll of Birness will head this way (and stay as snow)/

After the suggestion of blizzrds overnight waking to occasional sleet is a bit disappointing

[Snowlover2]

Heavy snow and a nice fresh covering woohooo

p.s sorry not rubbing it in just excited

[JoeShmoe]

Heavy snow and a nice fresh covering woohooo

p.s sorry not rubbing it in just excited

Radar suggests thats just about to hit here

[Snowlover2]

starting to get lighter now, hope we get seom more later

[JoeShmoe]

Snowing here now - settling everywhere !

[Guest]

Aye, Catch...And that occlusion will be running into some very cold air...Let's hope it moves-through slowly?

I should have posted the Fax charts at 36hrs and 48hrs side by side:

It doesn't seem to be moving too fast by these charts, although maybe later updates will show something different??

The mountains will probably take something out of the front, although not as much as they take out of troughs, and certainly shouldn't be able to do a split and miss as happened here overnight.

Heavy snow and a nice fresh covering woohooo

p.s sorry not rubbing it in just excited

Don't worry about it Snowlover2!!! Enjoy the snow as much as you can and don't apologise for being lucky

[Mondy]

Snowing!!

Started as rain.

[LomondSnowstorm]

Got a fresh covering from the main band which fell entirely as snow but the first shower behnd it fell as rain. I think they'll readily turn to snow in the next hour or so as the really cold air kicks in.

[Northernlights]

Had about 4 cms of wet snow overnight, hail shower currently on and 0c. Have lost most of the snow on the trees overnight as it dripped away but can see just aout a mile further inland away frm the sea and higher up (150m) the forests retain their snow where it must have stayed just below freezing.

[Tom D]

Hi all, it would be nice to see some photos of your deep snow (if you have some) as here we're rather being starved and teased!

[snowmess]

Starting to snow here:good:

I've got my fingers, toes and everything else I can cross, crossed for snow on Tuesday

[Gilly]

Had about 4 cms of wet snow overnight, hail shower currently on and 0c. Have lost most of the snow on the trees overnight as it dripped away but can see just aout a mile further inland away frm the sea and higher up (150m) the forests retain their snow where it must have stayed just below freezing.

We had a slow steady drip all day yesterday and although froze during the night is already dripping slowly. Only a cm during the night and a very light snow coming down now.

Hi Catch, These Fax charts you posted show the fronts only making a 200 mile movement in 24 hours so fairly slow I would think.......Mountains will certainly take a further pasting.

[howham]

Heavy snow here all morning! Settling at a fair rate! I can't believe it's raining in Aberdeen only 20 miles away. Temp here is 0.7C.

[Snowplough33]

Looks like another band of showers is moving SW off the North sea. Hope its snow!!

[Gilly]

Hi all, it would be nice to see some photos of your deep snow (if you have some) as here we're rather being starved and teased!

My back garden for your enjoyment.

[Guest]

Hi Catch, These Fax charts you posted show the fronts only making a 200 mile movement in 24 hours so fairly slow I would think.......Mountains will certainly take a further pasting.

In my experience of occlusions (that would be the one last year, nothing beyond that ), they move slowly and drop light precip only, so probably no pasting as such. Although the slow moving nature can mean between 2-3 inches of snow. Having said this the occlusion last year swung in from the south, so I can't predict what the Highlands will do to it.

So time will tell :(

Edited January 2, 2010 by CatchMyDrift

[LomondSnowstorm]

AAArgh!! still hasn't turned back to snow. Trees etc dripping- it should be snow!!

[Blizzardo]

Light snow in Bishopbriggs for the last 10 minutes. Getting a bit heavier now.

[Snowplough33]

AAArgh!! still hasn't turned back to snow. Trees etc dripping- it should be snow!!

Aberdeen is nearly down to zero.......cant be far away plus quite a few showers offshore

[LomondSnowstorm]

Ok, now turned to soft hail.

[Richard Taylor]

Morning. Not much for Abdn during th night. Tmps at 1 point +3, now down to +1, Dwpoint asIo +1. Airport rportd rain, haiI, snow grains & now snow.

TBH, this coId hasn't producd as much snow as many thought wouId faII in Abdn, just that snow that arrivd just b4 Christmas mainIy.

ps/ sorry for my computr probs...Ioss of Ittrs making typing difficuIt!!!

[lorenzo]

Been snowing for a couple of hours in Livingston this morning.

Heavier earlier, just a light dusting right now..

Will try to get a photo of the top of my shed later - it has a perfect set of layers on it where the snow has fallen then frozen, then a new layer and so on..

It is currently onto the 6th layer !

The hits just keep on coming...