Scotland - Weather Chat

[snowy owl]

Lashing down here with a hint of more sleety stuff thrown in for good measure.☔ï¸

[Cheggers]

Blowing a hoolie here, rain coming horizontal, not looking forward to tomorrows commute. 

Edited December 9, 2014 by Cheggers

[Northernlights]

Powdery flakes of snow falling now at -0.5c  and settling. Looks as though we will be white in the morning.Roads will interesting if this keeps up. Lots of showers on the radar. From mild to snow in under 8 hours some dramatic swings going on today.

Edited December 9, 2014 by Northernlights

[Mark Neal.]

Good Luck over coming days folks.. Look forward to reading reports/photos.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

 

Still hanging around 4 C here with rain

 

Ok, down a degree in 20 mins, that's more like it.

 

Couple of showers battered through and dropped 0.5 C after each.

Edited December 9, 2014 by scottish skier

[Cheggers]

Not sure if posted already but all ferries now cancelled for tomorrow on the West coat, and from tomorrow most train services west of Glasgow are cancelled...

Inverness-Kyle/Thurso/Wick 
Ayr-Stranraer Kilwinning-Ardrossan/Largs Dumbarton 
Central-Helensburgh Central Glasgow Queen St-Oban/Fort William/Mallaig (this includes the Caledonian Sleeper)

[cscrim]

Heavy rain turning to snow here now

[Guest]

5.8ºC here...I'd be bothered but there's no sign of any precip, despite what the radar says

[Seraphim]

Evening folks,

Just had a wee excited look out the window at the lampost - and saw the moon and lots of stars and nothing else ( well, the hedges were fair blowing about).

Here's hoping for the next few days that SOMETHING can get passed the snaw shield.

[Ravelin]

Evening folks,

Just had a wee excited look out the window at the lampost - and saw the moon and lots of stars and nothing else ( well, the hedges were fair blowing about).

Here's hoping for the next few days that SOMETHING can get passed the snaw shield.

Similar here, stars and moon out and Aberdeen snow shield seems to have been upgraded to extend further West to cover Kemnay. Loads of showers of one sort or another passing both to the north and south on the radar but ground here is bone dry. Might as well sleep in hope of something tomorrow.

[edo]

Good stuff cscrim especially as you don't have much elevation

[LomondSnowstorm]

Looks like it should drop another 2C or so for most into the early hours before rising around 6am, dropping off again around 9am and peaking at close to the current temperature by early afternoon (actually perhaps a degree or two colder than it is currently for the eastern Borders and East Lothian):

  

 

I think tomorrow night still looks like it could deliver something more significant to low ground though - look at temperatures by midnight:

Precipitation for the 6 hours up to that point

 

Again, the position is open to change, but from midnight to 6am the EURO4 gives 2-4 inches of snow equivalent precipitation for North Fife and Tayside along with other 'streams' giving similar amounts around the Moray Firth and the Borders:

A look at the temperature profile suggests that the vast majority of that precipitation would be falling as snow, and likely settling too:

Throughout Thursday maxima look heavily suppressed, probably no higher than about 2C for most:

and at the same time we see precipitation heading into the central belt for Thursday morning, with more coming into Tayside by afternoon:

 

The accumulation map speaks for itself:

 

 

So, maybe we won't need that secondary low after all...

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Had the first snow shower just there, not settling though but its a start.

[A Winter's Tale]

It is snowing here for the first time this season.

[Michael Kaii]

Snowing heavy now in whitburn

[cscrim]

Back to rain here. Think I will call it a night and then see what next few days brings.

[edo]

I like LS I like a lot

[snawbaw]

Heavy sleet and hail, enough for tonight me thinks.

[Ross B]

Very heavy wet snow here, maybe only about 0.5c temperature drop needed for it to settle..?

[Ross B]

Didn't take long.. Lol.

[skifreak]

 

[LomondSnowstorm]

Heavy sleet shower here, temperature rapidly down to 2.9C (DP 0.8C) from 3.7C with another hefty looking shower incoming. 

[101_North]

Up with the kids again and looks like hee haw happening outside. Temp still on the high side for now and radar shows showers missing here completely at the minute.

Edited December 10, 2014 by 101_North

[CoastRainbow]

Just been woken up by the heaviest hail I have ever seen !! Was like someone throwing stones against the window ! Everything white outside I think I prefer snow

Frost of the month

The sound of snow

Tapping at the window

Grounded all the planes

No cars move

In suburban lanes

Huddled around the candle

Wifi and TV out

Only each other

For company tonight

The snow eases

The frost descends

And we awake to a painted landscape

A thousand voices in cheer

As we hold our loved ones dear

Edited December 10, 2014 by CoastRainbow

[Guest]

A chilly, damp start. It looks like it's been a wet few hours in the early morning here judging by the puddle in the back garden, currently 1.3ºC with a few sparkles of ice and frost forming.

 

Radar action is all out north and west. Fingers crossed for everyone for the next 72 hours