Scotland - Weather Chat

[NUT]

Rained just after 1 and the fog seemed to lift a bit but it's now back with avengance. Weird weather day (seems to be colder now than it was this morning at half past 9 too) and now the fog lifting again

Edited December 26, 2014 by NUT

[Cheggers]

PEA SOUP!

[snawbaw]

Freezing out there, sore face on my coldometer but rewarded with loads of amazing frost flowers scattered throughout the forest.  

[Norrance]

Seasons greetings to all. Hope Christmas went well.

Drove up from a balmy 3C in Edinburgh to Dundee at lunchtime to find freezing fog and a max of -0.1C so a possible ice day if no rise this evening. Something we didn't manage all last Winter. currently -1.1C and foggy with rime on the grass and trees.

Edited December 26, 2014 by Norrance

[over_the_rainbow]

Tentatively saying ... that I think this is our first ice day this year? Not got above 0 today (got close but not above here anyways). 

[edo]

I see it's snowing heaviest the West Bromwich Albino match....I think that's one of the highest grounds in England and it's raining at old Trafford....as OTR says looking good as an ice day today...everything white...Thought it had snowed earlier it was that white....will checking late tonight see if any chance of showers making it this far over night

[Hairy Celt]

ThermometÉ™ just krept abuv ziro fer É™ short wyul urliÉ™ thus spoyling thÉ™ iys dei hiÉ™  (Hmm need to practise that...)

 

Hoping to get a snow fix if I drive south to Lancs tomorrow. Forecast makes it look potentially interesting!

 

Was Santa good to you all?  Lots of chocolate here plus some strange co-operative board game going on in the kitchen. I'm boycotting it cos it's not competitive.

[LomondSnowstorm]

Tentatively saying ... that I think this is our first ice day this year? Not got above 0 today (got close but not above here anyways). 

 

Almost certainly - we were nowhere near getting one at any other point as far as I can remember. Not an ice day here as it got up to the dizzy heights of 0.7C but still very cold. Some superb mesoscale modelling from the NMM:

1 hour after initialisation it had temperatures widely 2-3C above what they actually were here

GFS P again keeps the precipitation further west and gives some accumulations to low levels by evening:

 

 

[Northern Strath]

Nice and cold, yesterday maxed at -2 and the same today. Was at -6c when I woke through the night.

Currently -3.5c and everything beautifully frosted. A Boxing Day trip to the dentist for a troublesome wisdom tooth was super fun times..... Hope you are all well and snug

[Benvironment]

Wonderfully cold, frosty day.  We nudged up to about 1.5C here I think but back down to zero.

 

We went up West Lomond this afternoon as it looked as though the fog was thinning.  Had to stand around for 30 minutes but it eventually cleared.  Patience 'n' all that

 

[CoastRainbow]

Just popped out with bins , and it's raining please turn to snow 2 degrees and rain just seems unfair. !

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Saw that big blob heading this way on the radar. Showing a rain/snow mix away from the coast & open water.

 

Pretty sure it'll be rain in Glasgow as well.

[shuggee]

Just looking at the radar - and there's some stuff developing just east of Fort William headed south and east.  Surprise for the Central Belt?

[Cheggers]

Just looking at the radar - and there's some stuff developing just east of Fort William headed south and east.  Surprise for the Central Belt?

Yes please, even a dusting would be nice.

[grifter]

Just popped out with bins , and it's raining please turn to snow 2 degrees and rain just seems unfair. !

 

West of Scotland snow shield doing it's thing again?

[edo]

Looks like the low is stalling and turning back ever so slightly north...areas higher up in Sheffield Nottingham and Derby should be gettingba good dump....lsmpie watching in an hour in case that 10 min looking shower makes it through as sleet to here

[Big Innes Madori]

Looks like the low is stalling and turning back ever so slightly north...areas higher up in Sheffield Nottingham and Derby should be gettingba good dump....lsmpie watching in an hour in case that 10 min looking shower makes it through as sleet to here

Right,ahv got it now Edo!!!

lamp Post watching.

Ah thought ye had a link take a webcam in some wee village in Yorkshire.

Edited December 26, 2014 by Big Innes Madori

[grifter]

Why has met office got a warning out for snow for most of central scotland? Where's it meant to come from the radar looks empty up here apart from a couple of stingey looking showers way out in the atlantic?

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=st&fcTime=1419638400

 

Warning is from 2200 but even then where would this precipitation magically appear from?

[edo]

Right,ahv got it now Edo!!!

lamp Post watching.

Ah thought ye had a link take a webcam in some wee village in Yorkshire.

Faf I should have put a hiccup in my post.....estrella and baileys induced ramblings

[edo]

Why has met office got a warning out for snow for most of central scotland? Where's it meant to come from the radar looks empty up here apart from a couple of stingey looking showers way out in the atlantic?

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=st&fcTime=1419638400

 

Warning is from 2200 but even then where would this precipitation magically appear from?

The fax chart showed a trough feature following in and with cold uppers progged they may be anticipating decent levels of convection

[Blizzardo]

Why has met office got a warning out for snow for most of central scotland? Where's it meant to come from the radar looks empty up here apart from a couple of stingey looking showers way out in the atlantic?

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=st&fcTime=1419638400

 

Warning is from 2200 but even then where would this precipitation magically appear from?

The shower activity to the NW of the Scottish mainland will sink SE tonight. Whether it will keep enough intensity is another matter.

[shuggee]

Tulloch Bridge at -1/-1ºC reporting light rain. 

[Hairy Celt]

Faf I should have put a hiccup in my post.....estrella and baileys induced ramblings

 

Baileys... tssk, ya decadent heathen, the one true Talisker chez HC. (Plus assorted beers & wines but the less said the better till 'er upstairs puts her head down.)

 

Could be an interesting journey tomorrow.  Just been into the Big Smoke (Sneckie) and it was cold but not below -2C between here and there.  Some slidy bits on untreated roads, which is everywhere except the A9. Apparently the Highland Council are going to 'slash' the gritting and ploughing budget... Fun for some but there'll be others not so happy.

[Northernlights]

Baileys... tssk, ya decadent heathen, the one true Talisker chez HC. (Plus assorted beers & wines but the less said the better till 'er upstairs puts her head down.)

 

Could be an interesting journey tomorrow.  Just been into the Big Smoke (Sneckie) and it was cold but not below -2C between here and there.  Some slidy bits on untreated roads, which is everywhere except the A9. Apparently the Highland Council are going to 'slash' the gritting and ploughing budget... Fun for some but there'll be others not so happy.

 Highland Park here tonight. Looks like it will be studded tyres in future council tax been frozen for a while now. Also if these cuts appear I  confidently forecast  much colder winters for the next few years in Highland Region.

 

 

  Thousands of pigeons eating neep tops this morning something they only do usually do after weeks of hard frost  maybe its not going to warm up soon.  Currently -3c

Edited December 27, 2014 by Northernlights

[Polar Gael]

Some snaps from our winter wonderland Boxing Day walk around Comrie late this afternoon. 

 

Our first ice day since December 2012 (I think): maximum of -1.3ºC after an overnight low of -4.3ºC. 

 

Weather station is showing the snow symbol - please weathergods...'mon the snow!

 

Edited December 26, 2014 by Polar Gael