Scottish Cold Spell Discussion

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Everywhere south of the mid highlands is orange now.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html

[StewieEatWorld]

Central, Tayside and Fife;

Drifting and Heavy snow.

Yeeeeehawww!

[Cheggers]

Everywhere south of the mid highlands is orange now.

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Snow chains, sledges, ski's etc at the ready.

I think the front is arriving a little quicker. Met have Borders from 3am but snow creeping up already.

[LomondSnowstorm]

I love Rob, he's the best forecaster since the baltimore guy! Pure speculation at this stage of course but that's not implausible at all, especially the further west you are

[Mondy]

From MetO:

Accumulations of 5 to 10cm are expected quite widely away from the east coast,

Nae luck Fifers :lol:

Only kidding..no idea how this will pan out.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Wait a minute, let me get this right. We have a heavy snow warning lasting 48 hours? That's like 2 days of heavy snow, or one day of heavy snow followed by another day of heavy snow. Or even 24x2 hours of snow. Each way you calculate it, that could equal quite a lot of snow.

Ok SS, take deep breaths, remember what you learned at radar watchers anonymous.

Edited February 23, 2010 by scottish skier

[fazzafarrand]

just watched the BBC weather and wow you guys

Snow from tonight and still showing on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StewieEatWorld]

Wait a minute, let me get this right. We have a heavy snow warning lasting 48 hours? That's like 2 days of heavy snow, or one day of heavy snow followed by another day of heavy snow. Or even 24x2 hours of snow. Each way you calculate it, that could equal quite a lot of snow.

Ok SS, take deep breaths, remember what you learned at radar watchers anonymous.

Hahahaha! Or, snow in one morning, then the evening, followed by the next morning and that evening too! Or 4 days divided by 2 days of snow.

[Big Innes Madori]

Wait a minute, let me get this right. We have a heavy snow warning lasting 48 hours? That's like 2 days of heavy snow, or one day of heavy snow followed by another day of heavy snow. Or even 24x2 hours of snow. Each way you calculate it, that could equal quite a lot of snow.

Ok SS, take deep breaths, remember what you learned at radar watchers anonymous.

So SS,

Let me get this right

You're expecting some snaw then

Big Innes

[Ross B]

just watched the BBC weather and wow you guys

Snow from tonight and still showing on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, that was the biggest ramp i've ever seen for Scotland

[Birkhill saints]

OK i,am ready for the long haul.

Not back to work untill 1 pm tomorrow. TWO days of snow coming up folks.

March = in like a lion. out like a lamb. As yer granny would say.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

So SS,

Let me get this right

You're expecting some snaw then

Big Innes

Hmm, maybe a dusting

T just starting to rise a touch. DP dropping. Something approaching? Why does raintoday.com always chuck in a missing/grey update at the crucial moments?

[LomondSnowstorm]

Temperature holding steady at 1.3C, need it to stay that way, though Leuchars is showing 4C/-2C, which doesn't tie in with mine at all! Anyway, I'll have a little shuteye then try and wake up at 12.30am to see where Innes' snaw has gone!

Night

LS

Hmm, maybe a dusting

T just starting to rise a touch. DP dropping. Something approaching? Why does raintoday.com always chuck in a missing/grey update at the crucial moments?

You're fine for snow SS. You're going to take an absolute pasting, really no doubt about it. Anywhere away from the cursed east coast will get pasted tomorrow, not sure about Thursday, and I think that might just include me....

Night again!

LS

[Gilly]

Wait a minute, let me get this right. We have a heavy snow warning lasting 48 hours? That's like 2 days of heavy snow, or one day of heavy snow followed by another day of heavy snow. Or even 24x2 hours of snow. Each way you calculate it, that could equal quite a lot of snow.

Ok SS, take deep breaths, remember what you learned at radar watchers anonymous.

:cray::wallbash::wallbash:its no fair!!! Most of it misses us AGAIN!

Edited February 23, 2010 by Gilly

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

10 miles to go. Whoohoo

Has anyone reported proper snow yet? No doubt it's coming in as that now.

[Sunny Leith]

Still too early to say in detail what will happen, where and when over the next 48-60 hours. Nowcasting will win out as usual. Robs forecast was decent but plainly 25-50 miles here and there or a degree farenheit more or less will make a big difference in this typically marginal situation. Inlandness/height will seal the deal for many. Bound to be a coastal effect but that itself can be a very abrupt transition zone as the range in snow depths in Edinburgh over Xmas/New Year demonstrated - and whether "the coast" in this event turns out to be 2 miles inland or 10 miles inland we'll see soon enough.

Even if there is a slightly sleety middle period to this spell, looks like there'll be enough cold undercut to give us a second bite as it clears in a couple of days or so.

Ready for anything at this point...hopefully most of us will get something worthwhile out of it.

[Cheese Rice]

Anyone worried about it been marginal don't be, the GFS has got it way wrong, if it was right I should have a temporary dusting and it should be pouring down with rain. The reality, heavy snow with 2cm+ on all surfaces including roads and the temperature is still dropping, and to add to that there are reports of snow in Wales, where if the GFS is right would not support snow at all. I think you guys will do extremely well with many areas over 20cm.

Edited February 23, 2010 by 10123

[Big Innes Madori]

Temperature holding steady at 1.3C, need it to stay that way, though Leuchars is showing 4C/-2C, which doesn't tie in with mine at all! Anyway, I'll have a little shuteye then try and wake up at 12.30am to see where Innes' snaw has gone!

Night

LS

Aw naw LS!

Surely ah canny miss oot on this event?

Can ah

Good joab that I still have some patches of snaw fae December 17th 2009 then

Noo that's a fair achievment so it is

Big Innes

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Radar watching will now be accompanied by regular patrols of the garden halogen.

Less than 5 miles away.

[bingobob777]

Yikes is Glasgow about to get it's first decent snow of this "historic winter" since the 22nd December.

Here's hoping.

[StewieEatWorld]

The front is knocking on the door of the big cities now!

[Sunny Leith]

Thanks for the info 10123. Good to know !

Dewpoints still looking good here currently -1c Embra, -1c Glesgae, -1c Dundee, -2c Leuchars.

Minor concern at Robs general tempearture forecast for the next 2-3 days here of 3c to 4c. But I always take those max temps with a pinch of salt , far too often the metoffice temperature forecasts are 1 or 2 c out. And if theres any intensity to the precipitation, I expect more like 2 or 3c and obviously dropping more with any height.

Anyway, eyes down for the next 4 to 8 hours and hopefully it gets off to a good start without too many letdowns.

Anyone worried about it been marginal don't be, the GFS has got it way wrong, if it was right I should have a temporary dusting and it should be pouring down with rain. The reality, heavy snow with 2cm+ on all surfaces including roads and the temperature is still dropping, and to add to that there are reports of snow in Wales, where if the GFS is right would not support snow at all. I think you guys will do extremely well with many areas over 20cm.

Edited February 23, 2010 by by-tor

[WhiteXmas]

someone has built a snowman in front of the camera at Crocketford!! :lol:

[StewieEatWorld]

someone has built a snowman in front of the camera at Crocketford!! :lol:

Haha! Either a giant snowman or those pesky aliens.

EDIT: Camera has updated now... snowman dissapeared...

Edited February 23, 2010 by Mr Stewie

[WhiteXmas]

that's the milder air pushing in that has melted it! :lol: