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

[Mesosphere]

One or two rumbles of thunder here in the last 10-15 mins. Incredibly muggy with a temperature of 19.4C. Rain just started as I type

[Guest]

Remember you're high and open up there at Westruther - unplug things. We've had a few direct hits over the years here and they tend to  melt stuff that cost money

 

My money is on the neighbour's 30 foot metal radio mast getting fried first, although I have unplugged the laptop just in case.

[Buriedundersnow]

i know i said during the winter months i was going to do a thing this summer looking into the long term affects of sunspots and northern blocking to see if there was any influence well unfortunatly due to a few things that have come up in the last few months i am sorry to say i might not get round to doing it as other more pressing comitments have come up but if i do find some time then i will try to do what i can with this.

[Mesosphere]

Satellite signal just went off for a bit there, rain falling steadily

[lorenzo]

Couldn't resist going for a wee drive, so took a spin to Binny in the Bathgate hills for a better view over Edinburgh,trying to get my 4 yr old to pronounce Cumulus..

 

Plenty of Cu towers masked by the hazier grey stuff, Sun blazing through from the west and very grey looking over and beyond Edinburgh.

Edited May 20, 2013 by lorenzo

[JoeShmoe]

Driving home down the bypass it was big drops of Rain and very black out towards the Lammemuirs

[Cheggers]

Very humid here, but looks like all the action is to the east a will drift by to the SE. Embra residents camera's at the ready please.

[Mesosphere]

Heavy rain for the past 10 mins, no sign of any thunder or lightning yet 

Edited May 20, 2013 by Mesosphere

[mardatha]

Rain just started here.

[NUT]

Cloud's came over and wind's rising again but nothing near us (unless something about to brew again) can't see it though

[shuggee]

I think it's fair to say on the electrical front that was all a bit disappointing.  Had a nice downpour though, proper monsoon stylee.

[lorenzo]

Cracking views, enough elevation there to get a good overview of Edinburgh, Pentlands and beyond, turn around and you can see North to Fife, turn again and the Sky is loading up now. Beautiful towers on my return to Livingston.

 

 

Love it when the sun catches the very top of one hidden behind the grey. Agree Shuggee, bit of a sferic damp squib, still nice to look at nonetheless.

 

Can report Miss L now knows what a cumulus nimbus is, which should safely see here geek out her nursery class at some point soon !

Edited May 20, 2013 by lorenzo

[Guest]

Rain on but moderate for the time being, radar looks promising for a downpour plus maybe a rumble of thunder

[Buriedundersnow]

skies slowly growing darker here but i think by the time anything substantial developes it will be past here and moving south east

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Torrential rain on here now at fort SS.

[over_the_rainbow]

Don't even think we are going to see even a drop here tonight or maybe for a few days now. I needn't have fretted for my washing. 

[101_North]

Some seriously heavy rain on way to airport about 30mins ago.

[lorenzo]

Getting very dark here in a Captain Slow type Northerly drift.

 

 

 

[Buriedundersnow]

its all starting to look likre another failure of a forecast for scotland from the met office not really suprising from what we saw most of the winter when it comes to convection

[Richard Taylor]

How easy is it for the Met O - or anyone - to forecast storms with certainty though? They were right - there were storms (people have heard thunder) - but they are always hit/miss affairs. Can any weather forecaster be 100% sure about their spread and where they will go, or how they will spread?  When I check the airport TAFS/METARS, they only ever give PROB30 or PROB40 for SHRA or +TSRA (ie. 30 or 40% probability). You can never be sure I guess...which makes weather watching all the more fun! There's almost always a next time if this time didn't work out!  

[lorenzo]

I think all the ingredients were there Bus, but similar to Winter as you say, just not enough vital energy at the correct point to tip things in our favour.

 

Also similar to Winter Forts CMD and SS are getting a hammering !!

 

Wonder what it is with these long drawn out  patterns and the atmosphere getting stuck and echoing itself for months on end, am sure a couple of years ago it seemed like a periodicity of 8-10 weeks now seems like 3-4 months is the benchmark.

 

Much promise today, still it's meant I have been as excited as a kid at Xmas all day watching the skies and the radar. Am sure we will get our turn..

[NUT]

Might not be raining but it's quite dark outside also it's really humid

[Benvironment]

Ooo, it's chucking it down all of a sudden. Wildlife scurrying for cover. Birds zooming into the barn and two fluffy wee bunnies just shot under the car

[Hairy Celt]

No thud or blunder up this way at today but there were some big tall clouds by mid afternoon.  Crazy difference when you get up into the cloud tho - t-shirt weather down in the glens, but almost full winter kit  on at 800m. Brr in that wind.  Then back home and they're eating ice creams on the high street.

 

Onions are growing ok at last  but I have worries about the damage that might be done later this week to the plums.  Keep 'em covered up, Ms HC says

Ooo, it's chucking it down all of a sudden. Wildlife scurrying for cover. Birds zooming into the barn and two fluffy wee bunnies just shot under the car

Er what were they shooting?  Ferrets perhaps.

[Polarlow]

Thunder and Lightning this afternoon Just after 3 O`clock here in Dundee, Torrential Downpour Lasted 15 mins or so. Drains struggled to cope with deluge for a wee while. Large puddles on many roads. All back to normal by 4 O`clock....... Maxed out at 21.3c

Edited May 20, 2013 by Polarlow