Scotland Weather discussion

[Mair Snaw]

Whiteout conditions here... wasnt expecting that.. big snaw flakes ive ever seen. Instant covering and more appearing on the radar too.

[Snowandrocks]

An unexpected covering here too - I only noticed when the dog appeared inside with snow on her back! 

[Mair Snaw]

Another shower just came through here.. so now would say 1cm covering. Would sit up and watch the radar all night but looks dead now and i need to be up early so i can go play in the snaw on my birthday

59 minutes ago, Snowandrocks said:

An unexpected covering here too - I only noticed when the dog appeared inside with snow on her back! 

I first noticed only because i was going to the garage to rescue some beers from the cold..

[Hawesy]

Morning all,

Frosty start with a minimum of -1.4c overnight which is the coldest reading of the winter here and one of only a handful of air frosts. -4c currently down the road at Leuchars which again is the coldest reading this winter.

[Norrance]

15 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

Morning all,

Frosty start with a minimum of -1.4c overnight which is the coldest reading of the winter here and one of only a handful of air frosts. -4c currently down the road at Leuchars which again is the coldest reading this winter.

-2.9C here now from a low of -3.1C which was the lowest since the 9th December(-4.6C). 
 

[101_North]

-4c after a low of -5c. Pretty sure the lowest temp of the winter here. Cracking winters morning. Calm, frosty, blue sky! Perfect! 

Shame the weekend is to be absolutely pish and just in time for a short break with the kids!

[shuggee]

Air frost No.24 at -4.3C. Proper welded-on ice on the car - at 300m above Skirling earlier the car said -7C.

[Klippie]

We had a light dusting of sleety snow the other morning which was great to see.

Last night was the coldest for a long time -3.2deg/C, I can still see the frost glistening on the shed roof...are we finally seeing a pattern change to something more seasonal...or will autumn return. 

[Northern Strath]

Snow/sleet/rain then snow showers yesterday during a largely despicable day’s weather. This morning has been much improved with a low of -5c. Wasn’t a stellar sunrise over the Cairngorms but still lovely to watch even though it was accompanied by a truly bitter breeze.

[Klippie]

This looked interesting...until the high pressure moves east.

Then like the flick of a switch...back to mild SW winds.

You would think with all that massive energy stored up in the jet stream it would obliterate the high pressure as it crosses the Atlantic...but no its stubborn..!!!

Edited February 11, 2022 by Klippie

[Snowandrocks]

This is more like it - calm and sunny at minus 4 with hard frozen ground and a dusting of fresh powdery snow. 

[Sceptical]

-8°c noted while driving past Loch Skene Aberdeenshire.

A year ago to the day was much colder.

 

[SW Saltire]

This winter has been a bit of a bust down here, despite the good start in late November and coolish parts of December.

At least it has not been a completely snowless winter, however, the lack of snow on the hills compared to last winter has been depressing. 
Even during the last week, snow has struggled to lie in Leadhills for any length of time (400m) yet central belt and north the snowline has been much lower.

Managed to get up a couple of Donalds and wainwrights, my photo album for this winter is (so far) much smaller than last. Sun had a bit of warmth in it yesterday, can’t be bothered with a late spring like last year. I hope we get some warmth to celebrate the summer where all restrictions will be removed!

Thought i’d add a photo from the red squirrel wood near Kirkcudbright:

Edited February 11, 2022 by SW Saltire

[Northernlights]

Took advantage of-3c this morning.hard ground and calmer winds to get some lime spread. A bit early but the next month looks kind of stormy so at least it will get washed in.

[Rickoza]

On 10/02/2022 at 07:22, Ruzzi said:

About an inch and a half here of slushy wet snow but really beefy shower incoming which might top it up before it turns back to sleety crap during the morning. 

Absolutely nothing in Bellshill and Motherwell etc. 

 

Spoiler

 

I took these off our CCTV on Wednesday night, the one on top 7 minutes later than the one on the bottom.  Didn't lie long but was an interesting few minutes - we are in Bellshill.

Edited February 11, 2022 by Rickoza

[Ruzzi]

5 minutes ago, Rickoza said:

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I took these off our CCTV on Wednesday night, the one on top 7 minutes later than the one on the bottom.  Didn't lie long but was an interesting few minutes - we are in Bellshill.

Fair enough  

I posted that at the back of 7 on Thursday morning, I didn't mean that Bellshill didn't at any time the night before have any slight covering etc, I just meant that at that point, when I had just left Bellshill there was nothing other than a soaking wet ground. 

[Rickoza]

20 minutes ago, Ruzzi said:

Fair enough  

I posted that at the back of 7 on Thursday morning, I didn't mean that Bellshill didn't at any time the night before have any slight covering etc, I just meant that at that point, when I had just left Bellshill there was nothing other than a soaking wet ground. 

You're quite right.  Apart from that it was dismal and it'd gone virtually as quickly as it arrived.  Another poor winter snow-wise again around here.  

[Ruzzi]

32 minutes ago, Rickoza said:

You're quite right.  Apart from that it was dismal and it'd gone virtually as quickly as it arrived.  Another poor winter snow-wise again around here.  

Agreed, we've only had the odd couple of cm covering with the only exception being a few weeks ago when we got 9cm and I posted the Drone videos. 

We were defo spoiled here last Feb with our 47cm.

[Paul]

A few photos from an icy dog walk this morning

[Puffy MacCloud]

Fabulous photies @SW Saltire, oh, and everybody else obviously; no winners or losers here....

A lightly overcast morning gave way to clear blue sky around lunchtime, which stuck about until mid-afternoon and now slowly filling in again. Main point of interest though was the minimum overnight temperature, which at -4.2⁰C was the lowest of the season so far but unremarkable for winter.

Low temperature of -4.2⁰C at 03:50 rose to a high of 6.6⁰C at 14:34 and now back down to 4.9⁰C, humidity is 80%, wind is 2 to 8mph southerly with a maximum gust of 13mph at 15:31, pressure is 1023.2hPa dropping like a stone from 1028.1hPa at 08:44, there’s been 0.2mm of rainfall today and in the last 24 hours, cloud cover is a thin 7/8 and the dew point is at 2⁰C.

[Northernlights]

Finished lime spreading at midday. By afternoon the wind was strong again and the soil surface very muddy  so pleased we got it done.Better to do it when everyone is less busy and we are all ready to get the sower going in the spring.

I yearn for an old fashioned February with a light east wind, hard persistant frost , blue skies and sunshine. Currently dry very windy and 5c

Edited February 11, 2022 by Northernlights

[Spindrift2017]

Spoiler

Had a walk up Tinto in late morning today - should’ve been out earlier as I think it would have been brighter. As it was, the cloud closed in halfway up and refused to budge. Managed to catch what seemed to be the only snow shower showing in the radar for the whole of southern Scotland too.

Still bright but hazy at this stage:

 

Starting to get a bit more wintry, with thin covering of wind-scoured snow:

Actually pretty wintry near the top, with some knee-deep drifting and an eye-watering wind:

A small amount of rime on the summit indicator:

Edited February 11, 2022 by Spindrift2017
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[Cheggers]

Very chilly early morning drive to Newcastle today, -8 on parts of the M74

Edited February 11, 2022 by Cheggers

[jellybaby1969]

Well I think this morning was probably the 4th time I had to use fords heated windscreen this winter..I may use it more in spring !!

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Cracking frosty day here, wonderful clear air and stunning clouds. Wind and cloud spread in during the afternoon.  May need to batten down the hatches Wednesday onwards next week..