Scotland Weather Discussion - 20th November 2015 and Onwards...

[Summer Sun]

Scot rail are cancelling some services for Monday

Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh suspended after 14:00. Last services to run will be 12:08 Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness and 11:00 Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh
Glasgow Queen Street - Oban / Fort William / Mallaig suspended between 14:00 and 19:00
Glasgow Central - Ardrossan Harbour / Largs suspended between 14:00 and 19:00.
 

[Richard Taylor]

Always appears to be threatening to our W/NW but apart from one half-hearted flurry nothing here. To be honest, disappointing - presume the hills are sheltering us. Whatever happened to our N winds?

[Ravelin]

I wouldn't worry too much Richard, it's hitting here and it's rain (with a little bit of a sleety element). Yeah a good northerly would be nice, especially with a slight easterly element to it. Other than that we need frontal snow with cold embedded prior go it, and that's just not been happening. 

[JoeShmoe]

Snowing in Tynecastle !

[101_North]

Pelting down again but not really settling due to the ground being so wet from thawing snow.

[SW Saltire]

The latest shower was heavy and it did lie. Grass is whiteish. Didn't lie on any concrete though. 

[moffatross]

Just looking at the satellite imagery and radar returns and spotted a very cool looking polar low spawn off the coast between Shetland and Doricland, which is now trundling off towards Southern Norway.

 

[edo]

Pouring of rain here now but was hammering snow as came over the hill towards the broxden roundabout....my healthy covering of snow all gone already...and been out today so sledging opportunity has been missed and who knows when such an opportunity shall return....have stayed out the MT but will maybe go and have a look 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Well, been not much action for a while here, although snaw remains largely intact. T = 2.2 but DP is -1.6 which explains snaw not disappearing in a hurry.

Forecast and radar say I might get a few more showers overnight.

If this lot freezes up some of the local roads will be well nasty in the morning.

[moffatross]

22 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

The 60 hr fax looks even more nuts - although doesn't have quite the same weather associated

The updated 60 hour is in the thick of 'Storm Henry', and seems the Met Office are expecting the worst of it to hit the Western Isles as usual, but I see a wee kink in the isobars that suggests it might get extra lively through Edinburgh and Fife for a while.

[Benvironment]

Beautiful snowy start to the day in West Lothian but by the time I left it was looking distinctly green. Happily, back home in Fife the snow hasn't gone anywhere. 0.7C and perhaps 5 or 6cm on the ground. Wind gusting to 35mph but it was gusting to 55 earlier in the day.

[Cheggers]

just been oot with the dug and boy is it baltic..... just enough of a breeze to go right to the bone. Everywhere has now crisped over and the roads are lethal as usual.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Wee snaw shower passing through. T dropping away.

In celebration of the snaw, trying out the alpine raclette kit I got for Xmas from my French sister/brother in law.

This sort of thing:

EDIT

Aw man am I stuffed. Melted raclette on 'jambon cru' on tatties is no exactly diet food. Good for cold weather though and heartily recommended.

Edited January 30, 2016 by scottish skier

[Guest]

1 hour ago, scottish skier said:

Wee snaw shower passing through. T dropping away.

In celebration of the snaw, trying out the alpine raclette kit I got for Xmas from my French sister/brother in law.

This sort of thing:

EDIT

Aw man am I stuffed. Melted raclette on 'jambon cru' on tatties is no exactly diet food. Good for cold weather though and heartily recommended.

I thought those things were long gone, my parents had one years ago, it was awesome, in 1987...like fondue?  The cheese is awesomely smelly when your parents decide to bring some home, in the car for two days!!! 

[November13]

Heavy snow all white again.

[Big Innes Madori]

Just had a hefty snaw shower which has topped up the snaw cover here by aboot another inch!

Every shower here today has been snaw, though there was some melt in the afternoon as the conditions had changed a wee bit but were still allowing more snaw falling?

Still snawin the noo!

Big Innes

 

[101_North]

Heavy snow and a cover building again!

Edit: But like the rest of today it's a 5min blizzard. Was settling but over as quick as it started!

Edited January 30, 2016 by 101_North

[spindrift1980]

Cancelled a walk in the Ochils today as I thought I'd better not ask folk to drive in the conditions forecast, but got bored watching the smattering of slush melt in Motherwell and went down to the Dalveen Pass on the Lanarkshire-Dumfriesshire border for a wander.  No great depth of snow, although it increased through the afternoon with some meaty showers giving temporary blizzard conditions, but boy was there some windchill.  Even with a ski-mask on I was beginning to wonder if my nose was still there!  The ever-changing light in the sunshine and showers made it worth it.

[November13]

Massive flakes here now temp 0c. Hopefully get to late evening tomorrow with snow cover now.

[Hairy Celt]

Been watching the ppn go from snow to sleet to rain and back to sleet this evening.  None of the snow that was around this morning here survived till dusk so a pretty crappy day.  More to come though. Snow that is, not mongooses, or cows.

[NorthernRab]

Well we're all white again after just 15 minutes of very heavy snow.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

1 hour ago, CatchMyDrift said:

I thought those things were long gone, my parents had one years ago, it was awesome, in 1987...like fondue?  The cheese is awesomely smelly when your parents decide to bring some home, in the car for two days!!! 

Aye, mind my folks had something a wee bit similar many years ago.

Raclette is haggis, neep and tatties in the Haute Savoie though, so never 'out of fashion'. And delicious too. 

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1.9 C here, but with the DP comfortably below freezing, my snaw is hanging around just fine.

Edited January 30, 2016 by scottish skier

[Norrance]

Clear and icy here now. Wind has gone North of due West and as is usual here when that happens nothing gets through to us. Some hefty showers earlier were very pleasant on the eye.

[November13]

Lovely snow here famous Clyde to Forth streamers all night.

[peborant]

Yep, as it is, it must be snowing more in Alloa than in here, someone is doing really well out of this streamer. Here it has not settled again under 100m despite a couple of beefy showers though, everything is really wet but oh well snow is still falling so pretty to see. Ah and to think that this time tomorrow we are back to pish. Nice walk in the snowy hills is on the cards tomorrow methinks. 

As for the guy who cancelled the expedition up the Ochils today, tbh you could have gone after ten as long as you had worn good clothing, I do not think that the amount of snow is extraordinary even in high altitude, as there has not been that much ppn. Having said which you would have had three times this morning which, for about 20-30min each, would have made you wish you'd never gone. Or maybe the complete opposite, depending on how you like your blizzards haha. 

Anyhoo, with a lively snawfall now and a school temp of 0.9 (so probs -0.) I thank mother earth for these 48 hours of winter that other people not too much further down south have not had the pleasure to enjoy. Attached picture explains itself