Scotland Cold Spell Discussion Part 13

[Mondy]

Met Office information today is to the effect that this cold spell could prevail for up to another two weeks with very low night temperatures being the norm.

- Falkirk Council (04/01/2010 )

http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/about_council/news/press_item.aspx?pid=2365

[Zerouali lives]

But the busiest of those are surely Slochd and Drumochter, hence them being more well known? Otherwise, Bealach na ba would probably win out in a NWly snow event :lol:

Oh yeah they're the busiest.

I forgot about the legendary Bealach na ba! :lol:

[Sunny Leith]

General movement as it comes down seems to be NNW to SSE ... Lothian\Embra would also miss it. Assuming that either of these precip areas actually gets here in any way intact anyway !

Thinking your best bet might be the one to your NW in the hope that some wind shear at the frontal boudary nudge some precip eastwards...

Failing that, just wait for the easterlies !

I think the band to our north might just hit us, while the other one might just clip southwest Fife also! Knife-edge stuff.

LS

[LomondSnowstorm]

General movement as it comes down seems to be NNW to SSE ... Lothian\Embra would also miss it. Assuming that either of these precip areas actually gets here in any way intact anyway !

Thinking your best bet might be the one to your NW in the hope that some wind shear at the frontal boudary nudge some precip eastwards...

Failing that, just wait for the easterlies !

Good idea, school's off here tomorrow anyway so I've got all day tomorrow to work on getting enough snow cover to keep us off for another day!

edit: Having said that, the band to the north appears to be expanding westwards a bit.

Edited January 4, 2010 by LomondSnowstorm

[shuggee]

Just been reading that the daily Tesco freight train up to Inverness has derailed at Carrbridge, with the loco and several wagons plummeting down the embankment and the driver is missing - weather not helping the rescue effort...

[snowmess]

Hi Pol :lol: Welcome to the thread!

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Got my fingers crossed for snow... Although, I'm doubting it, I hope I wake up to more snow than the icy snow we've got at the moment:whistling:

Anyone seen (for all I know, my neighbour) Blitzen? Haven't seen her in here for a while :lol:

Edited January 4, 2010 by snowmess

[Cheggers]

Many parts of the Forth and Clyde canal are frozen over. Saw this first hand earlier today.

Stretch from Bonnybridge to Allendale and beyond been frozen since before Christmas

[LomondSnowstorm]

Hi Pol Welcome to the thread!

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Got my fingers crossed for snow... Although, I'm doubting it, I hope I wake up to more snow than the icy snow we've got at the moment:whistling:

Anyone seen (for all I know, my neighbour) Blitzen? Haven't seen him in here for a while

She was on earlier

[Mondy]

Reporting Scotland had a decent report just now. I did laugh at the pitiful amount of grit at the Fife depot and did you see how clean and unused those gritters from East Renfrewshire council looked? LOL

Not good news Shuggee on the loco

[LomondSnowstorm]

Time for a new thread?

[Ross B]

Time for a new thread?

One on its way

[JRMcLeod]

Reports that the rain in peterhead has turned to snow!! Possible undercutting of cold air?

[Guest]

Time for a new thread?

It will be if we keep spamming this thread :lol:

I reckon the snow band is not far away now, snow by 7.30pm at the latest here. It will be interesting to see BBC Scotland's 18.50ish forecast. They may well have the snow band through a tad on the early side, we shall see!!

[Ross B]

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