Scotland - Weather Chat

[Guest]

There seem to be some colder options appearing in the medium term... Don't get excited yet but it doesn't look as dreary an end to the winter as it did a week ago.

 

Ramp alert

[Hairy Celt]

Ramp alert

 

Stop it you naughty will jinx it

 

(never used that one before, just don't get any ideas)

[Zerouali lives]

I reckon this winter (January and February in particular) has to be one of, if not the sunniest on record in Aberdeen.

 

Not sure if anyone has stats on this but it seems that about 80% of days the sun has been shining most of the day and of course, we've had our fair share of frosts because of this.

 

Cheers

[Guest]

Stop it you naughty will jinx it

 

(never used that one before, just don't get any ideas)

 

The way this winter's gone it's been one big jinx from start to finish. Here's the perfect emoticon for it, and one I very rarely use

[Guest]

I reckon this winter (January and February in particular) has to be one of, if not the sunniest on record in Aberdeen.

 

Not sure if anyone has stats on this but it seems that about 80% of days the sun has been shining most of the day and of course, we've had our fair share of frosts because of this.

 

Cheers

 

The stats back you up on this spectacularly on the sunshine amounts, the frost anomalies are far lower though:

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/anomacts

 

Aberdeen and surrounding areas sitting at more than 170% of normal sunshine amounts in January 2015.

[Northernlights]

Ground really starting to dry up now but soils still cold.Mucking out folds today ready for the second half of winter.I consider March still to be winter as its often the hungriest month for wildlife and farm stock with little or no grass growth till April. As I have said before sea temperatures are just about to reach their lowest and the incidence of N and E winds reaches ts highest frequency in the next few months so we can still get very wintry outbreaks from the north across cold seas until April especially up here.

Currently dry and 1.9c

[Hairy Celt]

The way this winter's gone it's been one big jinx from start to finish. Here's the perfect emoticon for it, and one I very rarely use

 

[November13]

I agree Northern. March is a winter month. I have a feeling we might get some good snow late Feb early March!

[GrangemouthBairn]

Clouded over at lunchtime yesterday and stayed that way for the rest of the day. A little bit of light rain for about 15 minutes as well but that is all it was. Apparently a high of 10.6C but it think that's probably due to the 20 minute spell in the morning where the sun shines directly on my weather station
Clouded over at lunchtime yesterday and stayed that way for the rest of the day. A little bit of light rain for about 15 minutes as well but that is all it was. Apparently a high of 10.6C but it think that's probably due to the 20 minute spell in the morning where the sun shines directly on my weather station.

 

Can anyone understand why there was a gritting lorry on the M9 last night?

Edited February 13, 2015 by GrangemouthBairn

[grifter]

Can anyone understand why there was a gritting lorry on the M9 last night?

Might be trying to get rid of all the grit stockpiled - I think they may have read the daily express forecast for Winter when deciding how much grit to stock!

[November13]

More snow for the mountains today and Sunday/Monday

 

Hopefully my wee 4 day ski trip to Glencoe/Nevis next week will be good.

[Hairy Celt]

Clouded over at lunchtime yesterday and stayed that way for the rest of the day. A little bit of light rain for about 15 minutes as well but that is all it was. Apparently a high of 10.6C but it think that's probably due to the 20 minute spell in the morning where the sun shines directly on my weather station

Clouded over at lunchtime yesterday and stayed that way for the rest of the day. A little bit of light rain for about 15 minutes as well but that is all it was. Apparently a high of 10.6C but it think that's probably due to the 20 minute spell in the morning where the sun shines directly on my weather station.

 

Can anyone understand why there was a gritting lorry on the M9 last night?

 

Was it gritting?

[GrangemouthBairn]

Was it gritting?

Don't know. I was driving the other way and couldn't see but surely that's the only reason it would be on the road.

[Hairy Celt]

Don't know. I was driving the other way and couldn't see but surely that's the only reason it would be on the road.

 

It might have been delivering grit to an outlying depot, going to the pub , on a training run...  Sometimes the truth is simple and if the temp was as high as your post suggest and if the temp was as high as your post suggests, it seems unlikely that it was gritting.

 

Mild and cloudy here...

 

Edit... the toilet just flushed at the end of the corridor... and I'm the only person at home

Edited February 13, 2015 by Hairy Celt

[edo]

This can only mean one thing

Your not alone

[November13]

Phantom flusher...same one that stole our snow!

[LomondSnowstorm]

Although you wouldn't know it from the weather outside, we are/were pretty close to something interesting synoptically for next week, although sadly it won't develop any further than this:

HP generally still in charge, which makes a nice change from the storms of the last few winters (although not from what in hindsight looks like a decent January in the context of the last two winters), although hints that maybe some cold may return from the northwest before the month's end:

[Hairy Celt]

I think young HC musta taken the hint re the lurkers and installed a sophisticated lurker-sensing autoflush system. Either that or the phantom turd burglar's come to pay a visit...

[Zerouali lives]

The stats back you up on this spectacularly on the sunshine amounts, the frost anomalies are far lower though:

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/anomacts

 

Aberdeen and surrounding areas sitting at more than 170% of normal sunshine amounts in January 2015.

 

Great, thanks for that. I knew it would be very above average and the same goes for late last year too.

[Hairy Celt]

Kickin' in here tonite... Perhaps I should tone down the toilet humour a bit?

[lorenzo]

Whats under the floorboards HC?

[Hairy Celt]

Whats under the floorboards HC?

 

Lol you have an elephant's memory. Been building up a good reserve of Cote de Rhone in the last few years, just starting to reap the rewards of patience.

 

I got out for a ride this afternoon and wish I'd taken my camera. Some classic winter views over cold hollows of storm-damaged trees and mist, and some contented cows and sheep doing very little on the fields.  I guess ewes would be a good way towards lambing by now, hence some reluctance to shift when whistled at by a passing cyclist. There was also some grain spilt on a road, the start of this year's crop.

[mistyqueen]

Mornin'Kilties! My, my it's a wee bit nippy lot there this morning', depending on which weather station I consult it's either -2.2c, -2.4c or a teeth chattering -8.8c. Take your pick. Very clear and frosty, blue, blue skies, a lovely day ahead!

[Cheggers]

A grey and misty 3C when dropped son off at Air Cadets, they are off Clay Pigeon shooting today, so if in the vicinity of Cambuslang, you have been warned. lol 

[Northernlights]

Fine frosty start to the day at -1c. A bit of blue skies and some misty sunshine now.