Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 15

[rossco89]

Top temp of -5 here today! Had an inch of powder over the 3" of ice. Its currently -11 and even the river doon is starting to freeze over. Its been about 15 years since i remember the weather being like this! Sure beats wind n rain!

[Polar Gael]

And just for a wee change, we have snow gently tumbling from the heavens on the south side of Glasgow.

Tomorrow's news is going to be great fun as London shuts down. Meanwhile, the fact that the north of our country is effectively cut off doesn't even merit a Met Office red alert.

Whit a farce!

[LomondSnowstorm]

dammit, looks like moving south of here!!!

[Snowplough33]

From the radar ... theres more behind it .. you're just in a break before the next one.

CMIIW but I think there is too much North in it, and could be off south. Stopped here.

[sunny starry skies]

Started snowing in central Edinburgh, immediately lying on all pavements and nearly all roads. Let the usual chaos begin! Very pretty though...

I hope everyone drives safe etc, even main roads getting a covering.

sss

Edited January 5, 2010 by sunny starry skies

[LomondSnowstorm]

This band has gone south, unlikely to reach us now. I think we'll need to let this band pass and hope we can get enough convection building up in the North Sea later on.

[Mondy]

The earlier fall gave about 0.5cm of Global Warming on top of the compacted stuff.

[snowy owl]

Blizzard conditions here - wouldn't want to be driving in that!!

[scott_anthony_glasgow]

light snow falling here

couple of pic today

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_higgins/4248536928/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_higgins/4248730882/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_higgins/4248669452/in/photostream/ just for fun ha

[LomondSnowstorm]

Stopped here, but it does look like some of the band might hit us later on with the winds turning towards an easterly. Reporting Scotland seems to think more is coming later, as does the NAE model which the Met Office uses (though clearly not when doing their graphical forecast which contradicts it totally!). It seems plausible, with lots of potential for snow for eastern scotland in the next 12-18 hours.

[dinger]

This band has gone south, unlikely to reach us now. I think we'll need to let this band pass and hope we can get enough convection building up in the North Sea later on.

Lots of big beefy things in the North Sea - Take the day off school young man

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Hey, what's the name of the big city right in the South East of the Met Office radar map of the UK?

Looks like they might get some very heavy snow soon.

Maybe we should warn them?

[Ross B]

-7c with light snow

[LomondSnowstorm]

Lots of big beefy things in the North Sea - Take the day off school young man

Hope so, just need the wind to turn ever so slightly more to the east. Please!!!!

[Mondy]

light snow falling here

couple of pic today

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_higgins/4248669452/in/photostream/ just for fun ha

Is that yellow snow all over that car?

[Sunny Leith]

Slight note of caution. Sea-level/coastal temps now up to 0c to 2c generally with the NE'er blowing away the earlier sub-zeros (Edin airport from -4c to 1c in an hour). Dew-points still favourable so not panicking. Just that it won't be a powdery sub-zero snowfall event ... anyway, no pain, no gain - and surfaces will hold anything that falls.

[BlizzardConditions]

-7c with light snow

From the radar it looks like the smallest of showers unfortunately! There appeared to be a band heading South but I think it made a violent change of direction and headed SE! Either that or fizzled out.

[Mondy]

Maybe we should warn them?

Nah, let's not

[JoeShmoe]

Sheriffhall Rdbt

Been snowing steadily here now for about 20 mins - wind blowing it all about in the lamposts

[Gilly]

The next lot of showers have hit the mainland from the North Sea and making their way on a south westerly direction.

How much will hit us remains to be seen......

[JoeShmoe]

Been snowing steadily here now for about 20 mins - wind blowing it all about in the lamposts

[Snooz]

Nah, let's not :lol:

and still the forum goes down straight after you said that, :lol: time to log off for a wee while?

[JoeShmoe]

Throwing it down here now !!

[Sunny Leith]

West-East split in Embra just now - east side getting pasted as the trafficcams testify, clearer on the west side of town.

Plenty falling here in Leith improving the local ski-ing conditions

[snowy owl]

blizzard still blowing wind seems really strong now - can't see out of my back door!! lights gone on/off twice - time to boil the kettle and put the candles on!!