scotland Scotland (Alba) Regional Discussion 28th March 2013 22:00hrs>

[Northernlights]

More odd flakes falling this morning. Currently 1c

[November13]

Sack BBC Scotland from doing ski reports. This weekend was the last one apparently:

Southern Cairngorms Outlook

This 5 day outlook issued at

18.50hrs Sun 7th Apr.

Monday 8th April

FL: 1000ft. Light Snow

914m: -4°c SE 15 gust 25mph

Tuesday 9th April

FL: 500ft. Light Snow

914m: -5°c SE 20 gust 35mph

Wednesday 10th April

FL: 1000ft. Snow Showers

914m: -4°c East 20-30mph

Thursday 11th April

FL: 1000ft. Light Snow

914m: -4°c NE 20 gust 40mph

Friday 12th April

FL: 1500ft. Snow Showers

914m: -3°c SE 10 gust 15mph

[BleakMidwinter]

Just watching the programme on BBC2 on 50 years of the Cairngorm MRT. Although I really appreciated these guys' work seeing some of the "on sight" action from February really hammers home just how dangerous the conditions can be at night or indeed in severe weather. They're just your matter of fact kind of guys, "just doing a job" but what a job. It must be rewarding and saddening at times but what a wonderful service and job they do.

Yes - times I get disheartened with the human race, or more frequently with this country, and then I think of mountain rescue teams and lifeboat crews, people who go voluntarily from their safe homes, out to the worst conditions on land or sea, in order to rescue people regardless of anything and everything. Then I feel that there is something very worthwhile in this species and in this country, and that there are people to whom 'altruism' and 'courage' are simply how they live...

[FrenchScotPilot1]

Moderate snow coming off a SE'ly direction for the last 15 minutes in Aberdeen.

[FrenchScotPilot1]

Moderate snow coming off a SE'ly direction for the last 15 minutes in Aberdeen.

And sunny again...

[Big Innes Madori]

Well that was a nice surprise this morning. 3cm of snow!

Good tae see that you're here safe and well Scotster!

"A search has resumed for a Fife Hillwalker who was reported missing on the Isle of Skye".

Big Innes

[NUT]

MOD thread showing possible pressure rises soon. Is this long cold about to finally be shifted?

[Buriedundersnow]

MOD thread showing possible pressure rises soon. Is this long cold about to finally be shifted?

i would wait till closer to the timeframe as the models havent been right lately things were supposed to warm up by now but the models had the LP wrong and it tracked more south than first thought so we will just need to sit and watch what happens this time around

[November13]

i would wait till closer to the timeframe as the models havent been right lately things were supposed to warm up by now but the models had the LP wrong and it tracked more south than first thought so we will just need to sit and watch what happens this time around

yep I still think the jury is oot.Still think there could be another snow event to come.

[Norrance]

Just had a passing shower of snow pellets. Shows the upper air is still cold. A mostly bright but cold day after a graupely (if there is such a word) start.

[Buriedundersnow]

heres a look at the ECM/UKMO/GFS 12z

72h

96h

120h

clearly FI just now is between 72h and 96h so lets just say it is 84h so any warm up isnt nailed on yet and as we have just seen the models can get a LP systems track way off as they were saying we would be warming up just now so worth keeping an eye on.

again GFS is just a joke it cant even get itself right at 72h and has performed really poor most of the winter.

didnt look close enough was in a bit of a rush ECM/UKMO arent that far apart at 96h so say FI around then

Edited April 8, 2013 by Buriedundersnow

[Northernlights]

Another cold wintry sunset after flakes of snow all day, currently 1.5c. No sign of any real growth yet. Will really feel hot if this mild weather comes in at the weekend, although overnight temperatures for my local area on here for the next 2 weeks are not that good for fast growth

[Buriedundersnow]

yep I still think the jury is oot.Still think there could be another snow event to come.

yeah i think thats a possibility aswell

eventually the colder uppers will have to go but look how many times the models have underestimated the fight the cold has put up towards the milder air so i would say its not a definate that the milder air will win out this time

[November13]

yeh eventually even the polar regions run out of cold.Down here its not uncommon to get arctic air in June.Think cool sunny days with sub 5c at ight.I remember being at Hampden for a friendly once in June and being freezing cold.

[Benvironment]

Good tae see that you're here safe and well Scotster!

"A search has resumed for a Fife Hillwalker who was reported missing on the Isle of Skye".

Big Innes

Thanks Yep it's more sad news from the Highlands in an unusually bad year for hill fatalities. Fingers crossed that this one still has a happy outcome.

[Cheggers]

Another boring weather day here, nae Daffs, yet, but we can but hope. Was at Palacerigg yesterday and still plenty of snaw patches about.

[Blizzardo]

A few more cold days to come but its looking more likely now that the embeded cold we've had in Scotland for a few weeks will move off as we go into the weekend. The continent is starting to warm up now and its unrealistic to expect the cold block to our east to not weaken. Given the deep cold in the polar regions just now its unlikely that there will be no more cold incursions as we go through the rest of April and into May. These are more likely to come from the north and north west moving forward.

[Guest]

We have the lightest of light dustings of snow here this morning, currently 2.5ºC after another air frost overnight.

I completely agree with Blizzardo's post above, the warm up is coming but it will not necessarily be a smooth transition to summer

[Northernlights]

Another nice sunny start to the day at -2c.Really would like to get cattle out to grass now as feed running down usually 20th April is our average turnout date and the first 16c day maximum usually occurs about then with the swallows arriving too near this date but its a big ask this year with no grass growth to date and a May turnout more likely. Given the sea temperatures and also very low soil temperatures I think even with a very warm air source under clear skies ground frosts will never be very far away.

[BleakMidwinter]

Mild hysteria here in Suburban South Embra - we have Our First Daffodil!

[November13]

The words : "Rapid & Thaw" made my heart sink...I hope this is wrong!

Planning Outlook: All mountain areas of Britain from Thursday, 11th April, 2013

Remaining cold with areas of low cloud and mostly light snow, mainly on eastern mountains until Friday.

Rapid thaw will set in on all mountain areas this weekend, but there will be rain and constantly severe upland gales.

Further rain intermittently most of next week, and winds often gales force on higher areas. Continued thaw from S

Scotland southwards, whilst freeze-thaw cycles on higher Scottish summits.

Underfoot, extensively very dry, exceptionally so widely in western Scotland.

Forecast issued at 15:57 Tuesday, 09/04/13

[FrenchScotPilot1]

Well, charts for Saturday/Sunday bring very warm tropical air via a rather deep low W of Ireland.

Temperatures at lower level look to be in the mid teens on Sunday afternoon, so I'd expect the snow to go away pretty fast.

I like snow too and we've been blessed a lot this year but we had to expect warmer temperatures at some point.

[Highland Snow]

Beautiful day in Perth but still a cold NE breeze. Max. today 8.2C with a Min. of -0.6C last night. Two daffies out here now - 2001 since they have been sooo late.

[Benvironment]

A few weeks ago I posted a photo of me sat in a rudimentary snow hole I happened upon in Fife. I returned to the same spot yesterday for the first time since all that heavy snow and drifting.......and found it had been enlarged somewhat Amazing what you can find if you stray from the tourist paths eh?

[Norrance]

A dusting of snow pellets here this morning but the temps got up to 8.2C in the sunny spells later. Still a cold SE wind though.