Scotland - Weather Chat

[Ravelin]

Another brief grass frost yesterday, followed by a nice sunny day.

 

This morning it's grey and raining, but a touch sleety with just a little elevation i.e. A96 at Tyrebagger. Couldn't see the hills to the West of the village when I left this morning as they were shrouded in cloud, but I suspect they will have at least some wet snow on them. They had a thin covering of wet looking stuff on Tuesday evening after some heavy showers had passed.

[NUT]

Nice to have that wee sneaky snaw earlier (did lay on grass/roofs briefly but all gone now) mountains covered

[Cheggers]

OK, who ordered the snaw this morning. Nice wee covering until about lunch, when the sun made light work of clearing it all.

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Woke up to a few cms of snow this morning but was gone by lunchtime to leave a sunny but breezy day. Not bad at all

[Polar Maritime]

 

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[Hairy Celt]

 

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Elsewhere, something wintry for next week, sir? Not seen anything other than a tincy bit of hail this week here.

 

 

In other places... here's some reading for those who think 'swear filters' are a wonder of technology:

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Good stuff there! Meanwhile we have to deal with mongoose, bad word and dog biscuits.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Hairy Celt

[mistyqueen]

Mornin'all! Back to the usual crappy gales and horizontal rain again!Oh how I've missed it....not!

[Northernlights]

Mornin'all! Back to the usual crappy gales and horizontal rain again!Oh how I've missed it....not!

We have the same gales, no rain however after a brief splash overnight and currently bright sunshine and 13.5c. Some very violent gusts and the dust  storms are starting in the fields round Forres

[SW Saltire]

Very very wet overnight here in Dumfries. Frequent heavy showers have battered the windows but there was a 10 minute spell of sunshine just after 12 and that was very pleasant. Sun feels warm now and is much higher in the sky than a couple weeks ago.

It'll soon be the tanning season!

I can see the contrast being especially great if the predicted cool weather of next weekend lasts until mid April as 20c is more than possible in 3/4 weeks time. In comparison to the seemingly endless 7-10c maxes we have had recently.

Ironically... Currently 11.4c but doesn't feel that great now it's cloudy

[mardatha]

IS there no sign of any warmth at all? I desperately want to get a weekend up north but need it to be nice weather.

[Hairy Celt]

Well I'm f.......ed, ie flummoxed.  Charts for north Scotland look absolutely Baltic for the next week, yet all I hear on the Beeb and the MT is for a wonderful Easter.  Are there two versions of reality operating in the UK? (Don't answer that, SS!)

[November13]

Hairy spring begins when the first ray of sunshine hits Essex ...how can you not know that! Lol!

Anyway I am delighted the Ski Centres are getting hammered with snow. Looking forward to a good ski weekend next week. Might even be low level snow from tonight.

[SW Saltire]

Hairy spring begins when the first ray of sunshine hits Essex ...how can you not know that! Lol!

Anyway I am delighted the Ski Centres are getting hammered with snow. Looking forward to a good ski weekend next week. Might even be low level snow from tonight.

Yep, a great forecast for them.

A bit strange since I do to see much above 16/17c even in Hampshire, London, Essex etc. Not a 'warm' Easter anywhere in the UK IMO. Positively freezing in Northern Scotland.

The consolation (for warmth lovers) is that the Azores high is trying hard to get in on the act which is a good sign going forward and more importantly it's very early still.

It would be like getting cold air in October, perhaps a surprise snowfall or two possible but you'd want the main course to be in January. By that token, I'm happy to wait until late May - Early September for summer proper to arrive, get the chilly air out the way first

[Kerwin]

Heavy hailstone shower in Peterculter about half five, got a few good cm's of hail, which is still lying.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Kerwin

[Northernlights]

Fine cool day until  late afternoon when there was a heavy shower. Currently cloudy and 3c which may be the average temperature for the rest of the week if the local forecast is correct. May not be a lot of spring growth if this happens.Daffodils which are just flowering have very short stems even in sheltered south facing locations. North facing locations will not have daffodils flowering for another 10 days or so

Edited March 29, 2015 by Northernlights

[Blizzardo]

Heavy wet snow shower, started as rain, turned sleety, now full on snow. Temperature 2.7c and dewpoint is 1.3c.

[NUT]

BST begins and................we have sleet. Lovely jubbly!

[Blizzardo]

That's it just off here with a covering of snow on grass and cars. Temperature down to 2.2c and dewpoint at 0.8c.

[Ross B]

Yep, heavy wet snow here too

[Northernlights]

Just looked out door and we too have snow falling at 1.5c. May be white in the morning.

[Hairy Celt]

Heavy... rain on the north coast this evening, and some poky gusts in the last couple of hours, nothing to do with the spring greens. Noisy 'garden pea' © Co-op loved by us -sized hail just now too.

 

Sleet on the way up past Forsinard earlier so snow is on the menu soon.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Hairy Celt

[CoastRainbow]

Passing sleet showers here,, still makes me happy even if it is nearly Easter

[Northernlights]

Sunny start with a fresh west wind and currently 0c .A covering of overnight snow with ice on any puddles.

 

Just the musings of a grumpy old farmer but we seem to have had a lot of cold from a westerly direction these last few months and especially now in almost April we usually need an Arctic northerly to give us lying snow and freezing temperatures. Any thoughts from those with more knowledge than me. Are sea temperatures to the west of us lower than usual?

[A Winter's Tale]

Wet snow shower here.

[Hairy Celt]

Everything above about 100m is white just now. On and off hail showers at sea level all night.