Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 16

[Methuselah]

A new thread, folks...Tha mi sgith...

Old thread:

[Snowlover2]

that cloud bank looks huge, imagine it was FULL of snow.

[blitzen]

I am looking at that bank of cloud leaving Denmark which looks as if it may travel up SW tip of Norway and get dragged into the NE flow to here. Anyone?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html

Looking at it again it might be part of that low expected to form off East Anglia and give them a dumping later on.

I'll get my coat!

[Snowlover2]

do we have two threads?

[JRMcLeod]

sat24 is definately showing that bank of cloud move south towards the UK! Its looking huge!

Please hit!!

[Gilly]

Caidil gu mhath Pete:)

[Snowlover2]

yes please do mr blobby

[JRMcLeod]

can anyone verify wind direction, its looking like its almost a direct northerly???

[Guest]

that cloud bank looks huge, imagine it was FULL of snow.

No need to imagine!! It is full of snow!!

[Snowlover2]

See after i wrote that i thought to myself..."you idiot" lol

[Methuselah]

Caidil gu mhath Pete:)

Tha mi Gaelic a'bheag, Gilly - tha mi duilich!...It's 20yrs (fichead bliahna?) since I learned any...But, I sympathise with all you Gealtachd (sp?) Scots, in that I can't stand Anglicisations of Gaelic names - what does 'Benavean' mean??

Anyhoo - tha mi sgith 's tha mi fuar!! I'm knackered - and cold!!

[Gilly]

Variable Winds. We have a light southwesterly at the moment but the shower clouds are coming from the north

[Snowlover2]

temp is -2.1 DP is -8.0

[JRMcLeod]

Variable Winds. We have a light southwesterly at the moment but the shower clouds are coming from the north

Sounds about right as raintoday and sat24 are showing direct northerly movement now!!

[Snowlover2]

wind directionis NNW

Pete i meant to ask. How did your daughter get home last night?

[Snowplough33]

Sounds about right as raintoday and sat24 are showing direct northerly movement now!!

I think the cloud that we are all looking at is the front you can see to the east of Iceland on the FAX run and unfortunatley it tracks down the West coast of the UK.

CMD / Pete............your thoughts??

[Gilly]

Temps gone back down to -5C

Red sky here...........very dramatic..........quite beautiful

[Norrance]

Met O rain radar's last update doesn't show anything near here but looking out to the NE there is a bank of cloud now in sight. Anything in it?

Can't get Will it rain radar on office computer.

[Snowplough33]

Met O rain radar's last update doesn't show anything near here but looking out to the NE there is a bank of cloud now in sight. Anything in it?

Can't get Will it rain radar on office computer.

Big shower around Aberdeen, but its struggling to move south...........I can see the cloud too, and it looks like a shower

[Allyw12]

Hi all

I don't think Perth will see anymore snow before the weekend Saw the weather at lunchtime, SKY NEWS had the whole of england and wales coverd with snow on sunday, wondering if it will move up scotland or not??

[Norrance]

Big shower around Aberdeen, but its struggling to move south...........I can see the cloud too, and it looks like a shower

Yes I can see that one on the met o radar. Hardly seems to have moved at all in the last hour or two.

[sandstorm2]

Anybody know if the grand bonspiel is going to take place and if so when?

SS2

[JRMcLeod]

Anybody know if the grand bonspiel is going to take place and if so when?

SS2

As far as i'm aware they are marking the circles (rings) so it looks likely, sometime after the weekend!!

[sandstorm2]

As far as i'm aware they are marking the circles (rings) so it looks likely, sometime after the weekend!!

Thank you I will keep my ear to the frozen ground!

SS2

[Norrance]

As far as i'm aware they are marking the circles (rings) so it looks likely, sometime after the weekend!!

The report said that the ice is 5.5 to 6 inches thick [yesterday] and it needs to be 7" plus to get the Grand Match on. They were expecting that thickness to be reached by the weekend. A meeting was taking place [i think at Kinross]where the decision as to timing would be made.