Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion

[Cheggers]

On 21/12/2016 at 15:22, Blitzen said:

Okay..........What happened?     (keep it clean!)

 

 

1.9c/1,3c and windy in the sleety showers.

Decided to have an argument with a raised step at the back of my daughters gymnastics hall, I lost, tore my patella tendon, just waiting on surgery.

 

Proper snaw here a wee while ago, but it is so wet not a chance of anything lying. Ochils have a nice cover on the tops when you can see them.

[snowidea]

Just horrid wet cold sleety rubbish coming down here at the moment. Not looking forward to the drive to work tomorrow.

[blitzen]

1 hour ago, Cheggers said:

Decided to have an argument with a raised step at the back of my daughters gymnastics hall, I lost, tore my patella tendon, just waiting on surgery.

 

Proper snaw here a wee while ago, but it is so wet not a chance of anything lying. Ochils have a nice cover on the tops when you can see them.

That sounds painful Cheggers.   The fall sounds bad enough but to have to go through surgery as well is certainly adding to it.   Just keep thinking it could have been worse because  look at all the sledging your NOT missing!   Maybe alcohol over the festive would hopefully dull it a bit?

Chin up! (or is it leg up?)

Edited December 22, 2016 by Blitzen

[NorthernRab]

Snowing heavily here with a covering! 

[blitzen]

For those of you who are not sure about these storms yet and haven't seen this:

:http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=7855;sess=

 

[NUT]

Vile afternoon with constant showers. I think it's safe to say any dry spell is over (at least for now)

[CoastRainbow]

Just came out of work to biblical rain in Glasgow city centre  quite a lot of flooding. Thankfully off before caused anything major ! 

[NorthernRab]

3 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

Better would be a tornado on Farrago and all his miserable, hateful, weirdo chums...

 

Who you calling a weirdo? 

 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

100 litres of -8c (20% vol) or 85 litres of -15c (30% vol) appropriately diluted. Should last a while. £38 from Amazon.

#screenwash #delivery

EDIT. Better watch my back though, it's 16 kilos!

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Weather wise it's just cauld pish here. At least it's weather though.

Edited December 22, 2016 by scottish skier

[edo]

thanks @Hairy Celtmuch appreciated....off to boness tomorrow for Santa train so will need to plan accordingly....dont fancy a diversion by Kincardine with 4 hyper bairns....should be home shortly and able to see what's what 

Edited December 22, 2016 by edo

[Cheggers]

5 hours ago, Blitzen said:

That sounds painful Cheggers.   The fall sounds bad enough but to have to go through surgery as well is certainly adding to it.   Just keep thinking it could have been worse because  look at all the sledging your NOT missing!   Maybe alcohol over the festive would hopefully dull it a bit?

Chin up! (or is it leg up?)

Indeed, but as stated booze and Dihydrocodine do dull the pain quite a bit.

Cold and wet seem to be the continuing theme up here.

Edited December 22, 2016 by Cheggers

[Hairy Celt]

9 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

Indeed, but as stated booze and Dihydrocodne do dull the pain quite a bit.

Cold and wet seem to be the continuing theme up here.

Steady with the DHC - serious bunging effect, horror stories not fit for this forum...

Looks like we should be up to Vindaloo factor winds by breakfast time so batten down those hatches.

Just listened to D Bett talking about record high Xmas day temps - then in the next breath, possibly a white Xmas for Scotland

Edited December 22, 2016 by Hairy Celt

[mistyqueen]

It was quiet......too quiet. The calm before the proverbial? Had a couple of lightning strikes here later afternoon, nothing to write home about. Unlike Staffin in the north of Skye which has no landline or internet now due to a stonking lighting strike this morning! Baaaaad!

Edited December 22, 2016 by mistyqueen

[edo]

pub run on form tonight....happy new year maybe 

[chemikal]

2 hours ago, edo said:

thanks @Hairy Celtmuch appreciated....off to boness tomorrow for Santa train so will need to plan accordingly....dont fancy a diversion by Kincardine with 4 hyper bairns....should be home shortly and able to see what's what 

I was wondering why my dad was off to Bo'ness tomorrow for a Santa themed day with the grandchildren (not ours!) and was encouraging me to have a business meeting as way of wriggling out of it. I declined. 

If you see a silver fox (70 years old on Xmas Eve) who looks like John Inman (ask someone who watched tv in the late 70's early 80's) and a combination of Steve Martin then say hello!

[skifreak]

I've just composed myself after looking at the 18z GFS, should I go to the model thread? 

[edo]

you should...the toys are back in ra pram

[snowidea]

It's weirdly quiet out there at the moment. Cats even deigned to go outside this morning (last night they just looked at me like I was mad when I opened the door for them). Last day of work today then 12 days off for me 

[Hawesy]

Just a moderate breeze here for now, should pick up this morning but not expecting anything particularly notable for Dundee/NE Fife. Still, have delayed my trip down south to see family until tomorrow. Combination of busy roads, high winds and driving in the dark doesn't appeal!

Last day of work for me too before 16 days off! 

[mistyqueen]

She's here! Been chapping at the door since about 6am and now she's giving it a guid thump! I fully expect the power to go off at some point today, so if I'm not back on here within the next few days, I hope everyone has a very happy Christmas!

[asjmcguire]

I have no idea what is going on at this point 

The Met Office has our part of the Borders covered by a warning today - the NetWeather HiRes NMM says it's going to be most windy around midday and then tails off a little bit.

The Met Office then has decided tomorrow isn't going to be too bad and the warning does not extend to our part of the Borders - but the NetWeather HiRes NMM has equally as string winds tomorrow morning for us as it does for midday today, and those wind speeds extend right through the night.

So at this point - I don't know if the HiRes NMM is going to be correct or the Met Office (but the Met Office have been guilty in the past of issuing a warning for one period and then not for another which is much windier and potentially more damaging than the period they did issue a warning for so........)

@CatchMyDrift any thoughts for our area?

This is the wind during the warning period: 

and outside the warning period: 

 

and right through Christmas Eve: 

[blitzen]

7.7c/6.3c/WSW 33.9MPH gust.   Very heavy rain here now and wind picking up.   Ah the joys!

 

[mardatha]

Absolutely diabolical up here!

[Norrona2015]

A bit breezy with the occasiomal spot of very light rain.  

[edo]

wee bit breezy and wee bit rain....finishing off xmas shopping as I enjoy my last 3 hours of peace before 16 days of build this, get me batteries, sort this, how do you play this, why's this not working, can I get a drink, can I get something to eat, daddy daddy daddy....love xmas 

be a duvets on couches and xmas movies night tonight with hopefully a little wild weather outside... sounds good to me