Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Autumn 2020 onwards

[Stuart Taylor]

Had the twins out for their first experience of snow. They were unimpressed but they will learn! 

[Norrance]

Bright sunshine here this morning. No lying snow but roads really treacherous with ice as the heavy sleet froze on landing. The snow pic is from my niece's flat in Edinburgh. Jealous. 

[Sceptical]

Additional yellow warnings for snow and ice covering Wednesday and Thursday issued.

Mmmmmm.

[JoeShmoe]

Just been out sledging with the kids around Arthur’s seat - it’s packed !!  Great fun. Snow is melting quickly though, temp is 2.5c so warmer than yesterday ..

[Northernlights]

Dull but now 1c so its all a bit slushy with some light rain falling.If sky clears I am sure it would soon freeze again. Hills now very white over 800 feet.

[JoeShmoe]

3 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

Additional yellow warnings for snow and ice covering Wednesday and Thursday issued.

Mmmmmm.

Says rain at lower levels and where it does settle only a few cm

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

9 hours ago, 101_North said:

You have to laugh when the Met update the yellow snow and ice warning for this area at 2am with almost 3 inches (depending on ruler location) already on the ground

Brings memories of the August storms when we were already half way up creek in full Armageddon mode then the warnings got issued

1 hour ago, Big Innes Madori said:

Sunday night through Monday morning we were too far East and ended up with the slightest covering O' Snaw, but it did stay covered all day!

Last night! Now we were too far West and only got a further very slight covering which combined is still not enough to measure

But Hey ho its all white!

Big less than chuffed Iness

sorry Innes maybe I jinxed you anyway hopefully won’t be long before the next opportunity and I would love to be involved next time too  

1 hour ago, Blitzen said:

It did snow from the blob here.   Started light, then got heavier and back to light again.   All told, around 3cms I think.   Very nice to see and still cold at 0.4c with DP at -0.3c and pressure 992mbs.

 

 

 

1 out of 2 of my predictions YESSSS nice to hear

[Sceptical]

1 minute ago, JoeShmoe said:

Says rain at lower levels and where it does settle only a few cm

I'd happily take that.

That would be the third separate snow fall, during December, for this area. The last time that happened was 2010.

[shuggee]

Sixteenth air frost at -3.0C. A centimetre of fresh snow in the early hours in the end - surprised it came as far west as Ayrshire! 

[101_North]

Cracking morning sledging with the kids! Brilliant fun

[Ross90]

About 1.5 - 2 inches here, not bad when it was forecast to be rain or sleet.

[AFC Snow]

Some great pictures on this thread. I had forgotten what snow of more than a dusting looked like.

[snowlessayr]

Not often I get a covering of snow, let alone twice in as many weeks. The precipitation just made it here started dissipating just as it approached but still got a covering here. 

Very surprised it made it this far but certainly not complaining 

[metallikat34]

1 hour ago, JoeShmoe said:

Says rain at lower levels and where it does settle only a few cm

I actually think the setup for Thursday snow looks more favorable than last night!

[Hawesy]

Lovely day in NE Fife. Plenty of sun and little wind. Currently 5c/1c. If I can't have snow this is a good substitute!

[Spindrift2017]

53 minutes ago, Ross90 said:

About 1.5 - 2 inches here, not bad when it was forecast to be rain or sleet.

Yeah - a nice surprise!  A few pics from a nice winter morning walk around the Dalzell Estate and along the Clyde:

 

[Puffy MacCloud]

1 hour ago, shuggee said:

Sixteenth air frost at -3.0C. A centimetre of fresh snow in the early hours in the end - surprised it came as far west as Ayrshire! 

Yes Shugster, but only just. There's half a cm of snow out the back but a full cm of road salt out the front. I don't know what the council was expecting, snawmageddon possibly, but it didn't happen. Still, it's a beautiful, bright, sunny day and pretty close to my idea of winter perfection.

Temperature 2.9deg.C up from a minimum of -2.2deg.C at midnight, humidity is 86%, no wind whatsoever, pressure is 997.8hPa rising slowly, there's been 0.2mm of precipitation today and the sky is clear and blue.

[dragan]

2 hours ago, 101_North said:

Cracking morning sledging with the kids! Brilliant fun

oooh, where do you take them?

[Kayemill]

Here’s a few from up the hill. It’s only a 10 min walk from our house but you go from 140m asl to just over 400m asl. 

[Sanserit]

Love seeing all the snow photos from further south. We had a decent covering last night on Deeside but its seen a thaw throughout today.

Currently 3.1c, DP 1.6, pressure steady at 1000hPa and 0.25mm drizzle in the last half hour.

Depressing watching the snow clouds run down the coast tho

 

Edited December 29, 2020 by Sanserit

[snowidea]

Woke up to a white surprise, maybe a couple of centimetres. Fergus quite likes it, a dog after my own heart. The hills are looking stunning. 

Edited December 29, 2020 by snowidea

[lorenzo]

Winter wonderland out there

[Stormeh]

Fantastic pics everyone, just a nice wee dusting last night here. Took the kids sledging near  East Kilbride this morning, great fun. 

[SW Saltire]

Cracking pics today! Jealous
 

Sadly nothing down here so went up the local hill (580m ish):

360 views of the Galloway hills/South Ayrshire, Southern uplands, Moffat hills, Borders, NW England (Scarfell Pike) - covered in cloud today, and the Isle of Man

Last two pics were taken yesterday on a better camera of a wild 14 year old collie that longs to live in Siberia

[101_North]

1 hour ago, dragan said:

oooh, where do you take them?

Stayed local. Baberton Golf Club and then round to Clovenstone as there's a great bit for our youngest.