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

[Poots]

In the middle of a nice wee blob here, so all white again after the painfully slow snow earlier. T is 1c

[doctormog]

49 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

Well we've had snow off/on this afternoon but for all that, it hasn't really accumulated. 

Yes, same old story - milder air embedded with the trough raising the dew points and preventing accumulation. The dew point should drop soon but with it goes the precipitation by the look of things.

[Hawesy]

Since I can't post any snow pics, here's one of this evening's sunset.

[101_North]

23 minutes ago, doctormog said:

Yes, same old story - milder air embedded with the trough raising the dew points and preventing accumulation. The dew point should drop soon but with it goes the precipitation by the look of things.

You have my sympathy! 6-7hrs of persistent heavy snow here yesterday and nothing really settled! 

[Northernlights]

Last of the snow showers clearing to east as wind turns to the north and showers fade. Crunching up now at 0c

[Hairy Celt]

Today has taught me (again) never to trust GFS ppn charts. Zilcho here today since first light and the radar doesn't suggest that's about to change.  I spent yesterday wishing for a more northerly feed - it's just gone a few degrees too far.  All goes to show, something.

[Northernlights]

30 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

Today has taught me (again) never to trust GFS ppn charts. Zilcho here today since first light and the radar doesn't suggest that's about to change.  I spent yesterday wishing for a more northerly feed - it's just gone a few degrees too far.  All goes to show, something.

I may be mistaken but appears to be  a shower over you just now and a few heading down from the north this evening maybe not quite finished snowing yet this time and if your 2 month  beind theory is right and I for one think it is then we have March especially and April(Easter April 1968 for example to sea level) yet to come for lots of snowfall.

[101_North]

Just been outside and it was raining! 

[Hairy Celt]

28 minutes ago, Northernlights said:

I may be mistaken but appears to be  a shower over you just now and a few heading down from the north this evening maybe not quite finished snowing yet this time and if your 2 month  beind theory is right and I for one think it is then we have March especially and April(Easter April 1968 for example to sea level) yet to come for lots of snowfall.

Yeah there was a shower and looks like there could be more.  Freezing again now after going up to 4C this afternoon.  Very little lying snow away from frosty pockets left on much of the south side of the Black Isle.

Not sure why that damned bear has reappeared.  I blame the cat.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

After a pause of a few hours, radar correct and now it's snowing heavily again here in Carrbridge. Couple of decent blobs lined up it seems.

Maybe 3" lying here now. T-shirt and dripping sound test outside suggests its below freezing.

[Northern Strath]

Aye expecting showers until morning but maybe nothing as intense or lengthy as earlier. Tis still and nice for now at -2C

[Big Innes Madori]

Climbed the hill today and took a couple of pics

Big Innes

 

[edo]

Fab snow showers in aviemore today...family had a ball and it's as if the other half planned it..first proper crunchy non wet snow have seen all winter as everything been a bit wet back home...will now be holidaying in aviemore everyyear....to be fair after comparing prices at what I normally pay for a haven caravan 4 day holiday I can have 7 days in a beautiful area with nicer facilities and a chalet wider than a caravan....attached is a well timed pic...note my well thrown snowball about to hit a family friend

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

1 hour ago, edo said:

Fab snow showers in aviemore today...family had a ball 

I probably drove past you today. 

Man it was a bit of a fight getting a parking space at Tesco.

[spindrift1980]

Almost Alpine up in the Campsies today with snow and blue skies!  Had a wander around the north-facing Corrie of Balglass near Fintry.  It kept the snow much better than the south-facing slopes -  an impressive place that wouldn't look out of place in hills twice as high.   All the lay-bys down the Crow Road were full of sledgers and snowman builders on the way back!

A zoom lens shot of Ben Lomond:

[Hawesy]

Always great photos on this thread!

Clear skies this morning but still breezy, this kept the frost away, overnight low 0.4c in Crail.

[Norrona2015]

Cold over at Braemar yesterday, -14.1c according to the MO website.

[Poots]

Lovely morning, looks like we had another dusting overnight at some point. Chilly, -5c.

[mardatha]

Same up here Poots, bright sun and dazzling snow. 

[Northern Strath]

Couple more cms over night so nothing of real note but a cold start and everything locked frozen at -3C. Trees looking laden, yet to have one of those falls that devastates branches left right and centre but they've been served up in March many times before, this winter has picked up as it's progressed so it certainly feels like one of those that could go out with a bang

[Hairy Celt]

1C and f all snow now. Stove's on and I've a day writing by the kitchen window though...

[Guest]

The charts are showing a lot of rain for western parts tomorrow, followed by a big undercut as the fronts grind east bringing a big snow risk especially to the south-east on Wednesday morning. 

[edo]

South East of Scotland or SE of engurland....Yes SS I was looking out for you yesterday...waiting on you burning me up as my 7 seater kia trundled thru the snaw at a snails pace...

Aviemore was certainly bustling...I remember as a child it becoming less popular and almost run down to an extent but it's certainly git plenty going on now and a fair buzz around the place...obviously the snowy conditions helped with that given 90% of visitors probably snow lovers...

[Hairy Celt]

24 minutes ago, edo said:

South East of Scotland or SE of engurland....Yes SS I was looking out for you yesterday...waiting on you burning me up as my 7 seater kia trundled thru the snaw at a snails pace...

Aviemore was certainly bustling...I remember as a child it becoming less popular and almost run down to an extent but it's certainly git plenty going on now and a fair buzz around the place...obviously the snowy conditions helped with that given 90% of visitors probably snow lovers...

I'd agree re Aviemore - it was popular in the 70s - friends headed off there from England in winter, to my bafflement, then it was deserted in the Thatcher years (gotta sneak that in), but has been getting steadily bigger and busier since.   It's possibly the only town in Britain that has anything like an alpine feel - and I'll include the monstrous developments in that 'feel' as European resort towns can be utter carbuncles (r).

Our 'wintry week' as I thought seems to be melting away as fast as our white dusting.  I should move to Tomintoul.

[edo]

brilliant HC..... I was wondering the reasons but thatcher appears perfectly logical.....i fear it may be one of the aforementioned monstrous developments I am now involved in....... forgive me and I will be pumping money into the local economy...I do promise to use local establishments.

 

models looking a bit messy rest of this week, potential for some to get a dump of snow but it is looking likely back to milder temps in double figures come the weekend.....all subject to change though as quite a bit of weather before to pass through before the weekend.