Scottish Cold Spell Discussion

[Guest]

Ahhh, see Catch I am all knowing and all seeing

And you clearly aren't poor if you live in "ooooooooooooooo Kilmacolm!!!"

Script taken from Daily Record:

A man was released from custody today after an inquest into a series of Grand theft auto cases.

The grounds for release were described by Chief Inspector Ross Halford:

" Well, he was from Kilmacolm".

The thing about it the whole "I'm from Kilmacolm" thing is that there is a certain element of truth to it. Maybe not explicit to do with Kilmacolm, but I do think if you're "richer" you would get an easier ride in court, etc.

We are poor in money terms though, despite living in Kilmacolm, we are so skint we get milk tokens!!

Another wee hour or two of this and I will be talking about the snow of 24th Feb 2010 for years to come. Saddest part of that is we've got 2 inches at best, 3 if you use the Telford scale.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Made an attempt to get to work. A68 was a whiter shade of brown at Lauder, never mind Soutra, with some drifts trying to develop. With the wee one in the back, I decided it wasn't worth it and crawled home. Accident waiting to happen out there.

Guess I'll just have to sit here and watch the radar

[NorthernRab]

Ok, ok I know you are jealous neighbours of the Granite CITY So just for today you can be a city too

We're 100 miles away from Aberdeen, nothing to do with those Lowlanders

[Hairy Celt]

Agreed........another virutal slap from me :wallbash:

Slap me too then.... it's gonna be torrential around inverness at low levels (up to maybe 200m) on Friday. Yuk.

[WhiteXmas]

The thing about it the whole "I'm from Kilmacolm" thing is that there is a certain element of truth to it. Maybe not explicit to do with Kilmacolm, but I do think if you're "richer" you would get an easier ride in court, etc.

We are poor in money terms though, despite living in Kilmacolm, we are so skint we get milk tokens!!

Another wee hour or two of this and I will be talking about the snow of 24th Feb 2010 for years to come. Saddest part of that is we've got 2 inches at best, 3 if you use the Telford scale.

It looks like there are many, many hours still to go for snow and whether it is to get any heavier than is currently falling I don't know and it is probably incredibly difficult to forecast it even a couple of hours out just now. I think the real pasting could be when the front about turns and moves south again.

[Guest]

METAR for Glasgow Airport:

EGPF 240950Z 07015KT 3400 +SN FEW007 BKN010 01/00 Q0992 =

Not often you see +SN and no need to say what that means

from http://wxweb.meteostar.com/cgi-bin/metartafsearch/both.cgi?choice=egpf&Hours=0&submit.x=10&submit.y=13

[Birkhill saints]

Looks as though the front is now on a go slow and will hold on around angus,north dundee and forfar areas.

Iam about 10miles from the coast and higher up we have about 4-5cms and snowing with heavy bursts on and off.ithink i am right on the edge of it snowing all day or a slight milder interlude. Heavy now though.

[todd1970]

I'm in Cathcart. There's a slight settling on the grass but even then not much. Just seems to making everywhere wet.

Just goes to show the difference a few miles can make..its almost white-out conditions here and some pretty impressive drifts in the strong winds.

[blitzen]

Blimey, if this stays as snow!

Edited February 24, 2010 by Blitzen

[WhiteXmas]

METAR for Glasgow Airport:

EGPF 240950Z 07015KT 3400 +SN FEW007 BKN010 01/00 Q0992 =

Not often you see +SN and no need to say what that means

from http://wxweb.meteostar.com/cgi-bin/metartafsearch/both.cgi?choice=egpf&Hours=0&submit.x=10&submit.y=13

I'm ashamed to say that I can't make that out and I'm supposed to be a Uni student Is it saying 34 hours more of snow?

[winter storm]

Heavy, settling snow here in Livingston for the past 3 hours.

[NorthernRab]

Slap me too then.... it's gonna be torrential around inverness at low levels (up to maybe 200m) on Friday. Yuk.

You think? Temps and dew points look on the right side of marginal?

[WhiteXmas]

Blimey, it this stays are snow!

blitzen...calm down and tell us what you are trying to say. Just kidding but that was pretty funny to read I could just imagine you hammering away rapidly on your keyboard upon viewing that chart!

Edited February 24, 2010 by WhiteXmas

[Snowlover2]

still snowing here and has been since before i woke at 5:45am. I need to go out , love walking in the snow

[Guest]

Temp at Bishopton at 0.5C, dew point -0.5C, wind gusting to 37mph and moderate snow. As close as it ever gets to a blizzard in these parts

[andy_leics22]

What are the depths like in Glasgow? I have a friend in Glasgow and by the looks of the models it could snow up in Scotland for the next 36 hours straight

Edited February 24, 2010 by andy_leics22

[blitzen]

blitzen...calm down and tell us what you are trying to say. Just kidding but that was pretty funny to read I could just imagine you hammering away rapidly on your keyboard upon viewing that chart!

I can't believe I typed that! Sorted now!

[WhiteXmas]

What are the depths like in Glasgow? I have a friend in Glasgow and by the looks of the models it could snow up in Scotland for the next 36 hours straight

Hi Andy,

It is very widely variable. Everyone seems to have differing levels of snow however I would say the average at the moment is a few cm's and that will no doubt increase greatly in the hours to arrive.

[Snowlover2]

Oh and its my daughters 12th Birthday today. She hates snow and was not impressed with what she saw this am. She is not one who enjoys the cold. I wished for snow when i blew out my candles on Sunday so she is blaming me

[Guest]

I'm ashamed to say that I can't make that out and I'm supposed to be a Uni student Is it saying 34 hours more of snow?

The 3400 is the visibility of 3,400m (I think).

+SN is heavy snow.

Edited February 24, 2010 by CatchMyDrift

[Big Innes Madori]

My god,

It must be snawin or something

Ah cannae believe how many pages I have had to read through to catch up on the latest

A fair bit of snow clearing to get in to the car this morning, I would guess about 3.5" at 7.30am

A tricky drive down in to Dunfermline as it was also quite icy underneath the snow and starting to drift in the wind.

Down to Rosyth heading for the Bridge and it was Green and wet, nae snaw, nuthin, ziltch

Poor b*****s

Big Innes

[todd1970]

What are the depths like in Glasgow? I have a friend in Glasgow and by the looks of the models it could snow up in Scotland for the next 36 hours straight

Hi Andy..we have about 3-4" of lying snow here..hard to tell with all the drifting going on..but some of the drifts are at least a foot or more.

[Hawesy]

A rain/snow mix here in St Andrews with temperature at 2c dew point 1c. The surrounding hills (above 150m ish) look nice and white.

[WhiteXmas]

The 3400 is the visibility of 3,400m (I think).

+SN is heavy snow.

Ahhh I see . 34 hours of snow is more exciting though so let's delude ourselves!

Edited February 24, 2010 by WhiteXmas

[andy_leics22]

Hi Andy,

It is very widely variable. Everyone seems to have differing levels of snow however I would say the average at the moment is a few cm's and that will no doubt increase greatly in the hours to arrive.

Thanks I can't believe how much snow you guys are going to get! The radar has stalled and it looks like the snow will be just continious for 2 days straight. That is some serious accumilations. I'm surprised more hasn't been made out of this on the news and things. I reckon at least 25cm widely in many parts of Scotland by tomorrow night.

Hi Andy..we have about 3-4" of lying snow here..hard to tell with all the drifting going on..but some of the drifts are at least a foot or more.

Thanks