scotland Scotland - Regional Discussion 16/12/2013 >

[blitzen]

Blitzen, I'm just speed-knitting guy-ropes to keep the house tethered to the ground!!

 

Sod the house!.......but make sure that skylight is well-anchored!!

[Hiya]

you could be right for many in scotland but looks severe for N/E Scotland

 

 

A bit of IMBY in my statement yes, around Peterhead it does look quite bad.

 

Gusts over 80 mph I would put down as serious.  We'll see if the Tay bridge gets closed, which is supposed to be at 80 mph but a couple of times when there has been a lot of hype about a storm they close it as a precaution. 

 

I'm bored of wind and rain now, can we get some snow please?

[blitzen]

As the guys have been discussing guttering and roofs etc.. here is one for the girls. Try this ladies....(if you haven't already)   Seriously,  the best trifle ever!

 

http://forkd.com/recipe/white-chocolate-and-raspberry-trifle-1130

Edited December 21, 2013 by Blitzen

[BleakMidwinter]

Sod the house!.......but make sure that skylight is well-anchored!!

The skylight?! No, not the skylight!!!

::knits faster::

[Norrance]

Heavy showers here too recently. One earlier in the evening turned to wet snow up in the NW of the city but back at home more like rain. Currently 3C and cloudy.

[blitzen]

Nowt interesting here at all..3.4c/3c!

[milkmaid]

hum hum i've been on the roof today we lost some coving and there is no way that we wouldn't have damage if i didn't get it fixed  and clearing the guttering  

[BurntFishTrousers]

Yes pretty much.  I stand to be corrected, but to me apart from the very low pressure the weather won't be anything of note.

A 150 mile shift of the low to the NNW and you'll be eating those words!

[blitzen]

Let's have it then BFT.......? Saw your post on the storm thread and you seemed concerned.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Blitzen

[Buriedundersnow]

the NASA HIGH RES has things pretty insane for the central belt on Christmas eve

 

 

EDIT: well its all of us really but the winds look like they will funnel through the clyde-forth valley

Edited December 21, 2013 by Buriedundersnow

[blitzen]

Would just be our luck BUS! Haven't been hit that bad really with these storms (east central) certainly not compared to others on this thread. I've got 9 expecting their Christmas dinner......Kill me now!

[Stormeh]

the NASA HIGH RES has things pretty insane for the central belt on Christmas eve

 

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Looks nasty, that's what happened in January 2012, the met office issued a red warning that day.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Stormeh

[lorenzo]

Any doubt about this not having impact - have a look through this page.

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/cartes_obs/gens_panel.php?modele=0&mode=1&ech=60

 

Genuinely hope we get something less severe than some of the ensembles within this pack. e.g

 

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gens/run/gens-9-1-60.png

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gens/run/gens-15-1-60.png

Edited December 21, 2013 by lorenzo

[Buriedundersnow]

Would just be our luck BUS! Haven't been hit that bad really with these storms (east central) certainly not compared to others on this thread. I've got 9 expecting their Christmas dinner......Kill me now!

 

 

I'm ok this year I only have to drive to my mums in Dunfermline on Christmas day for a feed and it should have settled down by then just hopefully wont be too many trees or that down over roads to stop me getting my turkey.

[Buriedundersnow]

there might be a few people around Scotland on Christmas day opening there presents hoping its a new flat pack roof for there house.

[howham]

What time is the wind likely to be worst on xmas eve in the east? Family coming north from Broughty Ferry that day.

[Buriedundersnow]

the NASA model already has the next storm deeper and further north than the GFS 18z at the same timeframe as well so we could take a good hit from that as well if it does go further north

 

[Buriedundersnow]

What time is the wind likely to be worst on xmas eve in the east? Family coming north from Broughty Ferry that day.

 

 

looks like it might be pretty blowy right through the day

[howham]

It was windy enough last night. Started to pick up tonight now too.

[BurntFishTrousers]

Any doubt about this not having impact - have a look through this page.

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/cartes_obs/gens_panel.php?modele=0&mode=1&ech=60

 

Genuinely hope we get something less severe than some of the ensembles within this pack. e.g

 

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gens/run/gens-9-1-60.png

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gens/run/gens-15-1-60.png

They all tend to agree on something nasty.

 

For years I've watched these deep lows (albeit not as low as these cretins) churn up the Atlantic, hit the western isles, missing most of the mainland and then head to Faroes onwards etc, thinking to myself: one day a system like this will eventually hit more populated areas.

 

I've never seen monsters on charts, repeatedly on each run / ensemble for many days now, show like this before. 

 

Watching every run is crucial now. It's exciting to see systems like this develop, but in reality nobody wants a sub-930mb low winging by to our immediate north west. 

 

Interesting!

Edited December 22, 2013 by BurntFishTrousers

[Buriedundersnow]

really hope we can keep that hook of pink round the south side of the storm when it rolls in we might get some snow as well

 

[GrangemouthBairn]

I was working but my dad said there was thunder & lightning in a shower about 19.15.

I posted last week that I had never seen lighting in Scotland at night or in winter until last Saturday night. That's twice in two weeks now!

Well I suppose I didn't see it.

Edited December 22, 2013 by GrangemouthBairn

[Cheggers]

Still wet and dreich and,,, well you get the picture. Outlaws leaving first thing the morn to get down A9 before the worst hits.

[doctormog]

Still wet and dreich and,,, well you get the picture. Outlaws leaving first thing the morn to get down A9 before the worst hits.

It looks a bit iffy at Drumochter currently http://trafficscotland.org/livetrafficcameras/view/?cam=65

[Highland Snow]

This morning 3.8C/2.3C and 3.0mm of rain overnight mostly from a heavy shower after 05.00 (14.99mm/hr @ 05.34).

 

Alex Deakin on Radio 4 at 06.00 reporting blizzards above 200m in Scotland with travel problems on the higher levels especially the A9.