Scotland Regional Discussion - Friday 18th >>

[over_the_rainbow]

is ally about need her reading..... Hs weather station showing 0.8c and -0.1

any higher will get wet flakes but not to worry the uppers etc get lower tomorrow and i dont think there is any danger of getting rain tonight

yeah hopefully edo

[Ross B]

Lightning detected in that band just east of Penicuik

[JoeShmoe]

Seriously heavy snow on now - kids are V excited.

Eldest outside taking photo - will upload shortly

That's just hit here Snowy, creaming it doon !

[Allyw12]

is ally about need her reading..... Hs weather station showing 0.8c and -0.1

any higher will get wet flakes but not to worry the uppers etc get lower tomorrow and i dont think there is any danger of getting rain tonight

0/-2.0 been at this temp for a while now

[edo]

Sorry my pic up there is sideways. Not sure how to fix it.

just thought it was typical bmw performance in snow... ie skidding and overturning

[101_North]

Still not much here! Beyond frustrating so far!

[edo]

0/-2.0 been at this temp for a while now

cheers ally that is fine lets hope it stays there

[NUT]

Still clear as a bell here but there's SO many showers surely 1 of them might hit us

[BleakMidwinter]

just thought it was typical bmw performance in snow... ie skidding and overturning

Oi, I have very good snow-walking skills, I'll have you know

Fair coming down now in a Winter Wonderland way - still only maybe half an inch in total, but everything that lands is staying. The surface of the fallen snow is also glittering like I've only seen it do up in the tops of hills, not down here - presumably the extra cold?

[Poots]

Still clear as a bell here but there's SO many showers surely 1 of them might hit us

I'm staring at my lampost hoping the same!

[misha]

Right here on the coast at (if this doesn't say cockroft when referring to a bbc forecaster, I have maturity issues) Cockenzie and Port Seton, been on and off snaw for 4 hours - prob just under an inch now on ground. From a SE? Unusual. Looking at the radar, forget your Forth-Clyde streamers, we have a Newcastle-East Lothian streamer!

Edited January 18, 2013 by misha

[doctormog]

Wet snow and graupel has cleared from here currently and melting nicely now...

[Snowlover2]

Can't believe how heavy it is now and how quickly it is accumulating.

[Hawesy]

Main feature here now is the wind, almost gale force and gusting to 50mph. Temp continues to rise, now +2.6c....from 1.3c at 6pm.

[JoeShmoe]

not sure if this will work but Embra right now

http://telly.com/0RTF70

[ploughboy]

heavy snow in Leith - still of the wet variety but no complaints

[Snowlover2]

just thought it was typical bmw performance in snow... ie skidding and overturning

Which is exactly why I won't be driving it Only passed my test in june last year so never driven in snow.

[JoeShmoe]

heavy snow in Leith - still of the wet variety but no complaints

Throwing it down here, big fat flakes

[Allyw12]

Looks like the showers have moved a bit more west moving us out of the firing line hopefully we'll catch a few more later.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Allyw12

[ploughboy]

not sure if this will work but Embra right now

http://telly.com/0RTF70

yes, works fine - looking good

[Mandy Langlands]

Thats better! now at my weekend abode and 2in lying. Snow all day in Carnoustie but melted on impact, seems to be better here. Blinds tilted, lamp post in direct view. Temp around 1.5 dp -1. Let the fun begin.

[EastLothianSnow]

Heavy snow here for past 20 minutes, covered the roads in minutes and still going. Hope it keeps up - I think both wind speed and temperature have gone up a bit here.

[Richard Taylor]

My experience of an easterly for snow prospects in Aberdeen can be very patchy. Sometimes hit, sometimes - like so far - mainly miss. The seemingly increasingly rarer Northerlys are usually our best chance. I long for the time of blocked Northerly winds, for days at a time, 'the good old days'!

Anyway, for those of you further south that do have snow - ENJOY!

[snowy owl]

Photo of snow - still v heavy. (Edit spot the shocked child looking at the huge snowflakes! - will never sleep tonight) Edited January 18, 2013 by snowy owl

[GrangemouthBairn]

Had very light snow showers on and off for the last hour and a half in grangemouth. This one had lasted about 20 minutes but still hardly any accumulations yet. Looking at the radar, it could get a bit heavier soon.