Scotland - Cold Spell Discussion

[LomondSnowstorm]

I bet that lot gets stuck behind the Ochils and splits! Hope I'm wrong.

Looks like it's too far south for the Ochils already - its northern edge is around Stirling. The next band looks better for Fife, but the Ochils could prove to be an issue for south and west Fife if the flow isn't exactly due west.

[Blizzardo]

I'm now in Bearsden. How's deep is snow where you are as it's just coming up to a cm here.

Maybe 1-2cm that has fallen in the last hour. Probably moderate snow as not quite as heavy as half and hour ago.

[Hairy Celt]

What on earth do you keep under there? Sounds like quite a selection. I'm not much of a wine drinker - got anything else?

Bruichladdich, Ardbeg... wheat beers? some of the wine is cracking stuff tho - fizzy medium dry from eastern France that you can't tell from champagne - to be opened when you can't open the front door against a snowdrift.

[A Winter's Tale]

Prediction:

Argyll - 10-15cm

Inverclyde - 3-7cm

Dunbartonshire - 2-6cm

Ayrshire - 2-5cm

Renfrewshire - 1-5cm

Lanarkshire - 1-5cm

Falkirk - 1-5cm

Stirling - 1-3cm

[blitzen]

Temp ever so slightly up from -0.5 to -0.2 Dew point up as well to -0.9. Still quite confident for something overnight.

[LomondSnowstorm]

Southern Glasgow looks like the best central belt spot for prolonged snow in the next half an hour. Meanwhile it looks almost like an Antrim-Ayrshire streamer on the radar at the moment!

[A Winter's Tale]

It's snowing really heavy again

[LomondSnowstorm]

Temp ever so slightly up from -0.5 to -0.2 Dew point up as well to -0.9. Still quite confident for something overnight.

Probably a good sign - it's not going to be marginal at all for either of us so a temperature rise just indicates that there's a bit of cloud cover around.

[blitzen]

Bruichladdich, Ardbeg... wheat beers? some of the wine is cracking stuff tho - fizzy medium dry from eastern France that you can't tell from champagne - to be opened when you can't open the front door against a snowdrift.

Spirit person myself HC......White, meth. :lol: I must confess (sshhh) I don't like champagne! If I have to take wine it's usually a Pinot Grigio? which is pretty light. Boring old fart really!

It's snowing really heavy again

Have you eaten or been to the loo today? You are obviously enjoying every minute of this. Can't wait for your reaction if there is a national snow emergency! :smilz38:

[scott_anthony_glasgow]

yeah LSS good sustained spell of snow here hammering it down about an inch lying looking good

Scott

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Woo hoo! Thick snow here!

[blitzen]

Looks like it's too far south for the Ochils already - its northern edge is around Stirling. The next band looks better for Fife, but the Ochils could prove to be an issue for south and west Fife if the flow isn't exactly due west.

Yes LS. Was too far south. Looks like it may hit south of Edinburgh later?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Edited December 5, 2011 by Blitzen

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Woo hoo! Thick snow here!

Well I'm maybe overdoing that. An inch or something. Nice though.

[Sunny Leith]

Yes LS. Was too far south. Looks like it may hit south of Edinburgh later?

http://www.metoffice...ather/uk/radar/

Yup that big blob had Glasgows name on it Blitzen and is delivering. Looks like its sliding to the Borders ? (Peebles, Kelso, Gala, Hawick, Selkirk etc). Maybe a glancing blow on Penicuik, but only just if the direction of travel stays as it is...

Edited December 5, 2011 by by-tor

[spindrift1980]

Snowing fairly heavily here now too. A few centimetres have accumulated quickly - spent the last half an hour uploading photos and got a surprise when I looked out of the window.

First lying snow here in these low-lying parts since 9 January 2011.

[Hairy Celt]

Ok, will save the St Veran for Blitzen and keep the speed hidden when AWT calls.

Looks like I may disappear under a red blob soon according to the radar precipitype. NMM has changed its mind and now has the main band to my north in a few hours. More excitement!

[todd1970]

Getting a pasting here atm..big thick flakes for the last half hour or more and still coming down heavy.

[howham]

I spent most of the afternoon and evening in Broughty Ferry where it was cold but dry. Recently back home and pleased to see that last nights dusting has been topped up with another covering! Not sure when it fell. Temp at -1.4C.

[blitzen]

Ok, will save the St Veran for Blitzen and keep the speed hidden when AWT calls.

I think he must have finally passed out! He hasn't been on for half an hour.

[Hollybobs Low]

Any chance perth will see anything tonight?

Any chance perth will see anything tonight?

[blitzen]

Yup that big blob had Glasgows name on it Blitzen and is delivering. Looks like its sliding to the Borders ? (Peebles, Kelso, Gala, Hawick, Selkirk etc). Maybe a glancing blow on Penicuik, but only just if the direction of travel stays as it is...

Hi By-Tor how's you? Strange year really weatherwise. Cloudy, cool summer, warmish autumn, and I don't know what the heck winter will be like as signals appear to be unusual! It's what keeps us all on here I suppose! Let's hope it's a good one!

[A Winter's Tale]

Some really snow on the way back from Bearsden to Torrance.

[spindrift1980]

A rapid transformation to a white world here! Big fat fluffy flakes still chucking it down. A surprise awaits for a few folk in the morning! Looking forward to the commute already...

Have posted a few snowy highland photos from today here to whet the appetite (although many of us lowlanders are getting our own now!):

[colrobs]

Heavy snow in Cambuslang for the last 30 minutes or so. Included a couple of pics from traffic cams.

[A Winter's Tale]

Stopped here now but there's 1-2cm of snow on the ground, the cars, grass and roads are white aswell the roofs. What else could you ask for. Certainly so far this is the best snowfall since January 2011 and the best cold snap since then too. Also that's a 4th consecutive winter with a decent snowfall, a decent cold snap and decent accumilations. Better than the likes of 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 already!