Scotland Weather discussion

[Ravelin]

Still falling here. Just cleared the driveway, deep enough to get my 'toy' fired up, the snowblower. Although it was struggling a bit with the heaviness of the snow now until I remembered where the throttle was (I thought it was running slower than I remembered). Perfect snowman consistency now, and almost perfect snowblower chute clogging consistency. 

Overall I'd say that the much maligned XC weather has been on the ball in terms of amount that's fallen (30cm), even if compacted it doesn't measure up to that (15-20cm).

[Northern Strath]

As with some of our Aberdeenshire contingent and parts to our south it’s snowed all day in east Highland with some interesting wee balls of ice floating in the local river

 

[Mildcarlisle]

A very benign day here at Port of Ness.Almost wind still,+5c reached...ours is coming by way of wind on Sunday and at points through the coming week and, looking stormy for all around the 27th.

[Sanserit]

What a cracking day of sna! I definitely picked the right day to be off work (booked it last November) except that the washing machine repair mannie, who was coming from Alford, called off due to getting stuck somewhere. Thankfully, I have enough woolly pullies to last me until the rescheduled visit on Monday

Unlike others of the NE contingent, Banchory/Stonehaven has had next to no sna of any value this winter but I have had a fair few windscreen scrapes to contend with on my daily commute over the hill. That makes today’s weather even more enjoyable to me.

Photos taken this morning at 9am, 10.30am and 12 noon for context and I can confirm that the dogs loved it.

    
 

Daughter wasn’t impressed that Leith had missed out on this snowfall as if she’d been at her own flat near Bathgate, she’d have had plenty of it.

@Ravelin I used to work in the community wing at your school but been away for 10 years now.

[snowidea]

Well my mum survived the red warning, in fact it ended up not being too bad in St Ives. She had an interesting take on the damage in London, specifically the roof of the O2. She said "well they're not used to it up there like we are down here". I'm still chuckling now. 

[Ross90]

The wind warning on Sunday is a bit of a surprise, their peak gusts for me are only in the low 40s... unless they're expecting it to strengthen. 

[Northernlights]

Bit of a slushfest this afternoon with wet snow falling at 2c

[Ruzzi]

Had been keeping an eye on tonight, with various charts today showing the possibility of snow showers pushing through the central belt tonight, especially the Western half through to lanarkshire and sure enough the MetO auto data showing this now for tonight... 

[Stormchaser17]

I managed to find my credentials to log in here, and wow... this group wasn't here before, it seems much has changed! 

 

Onto the weather, classic calm day here on the Isle of Lewis, +5.2°C max at my station, now +2.1°C. Waiting for the band of clouds above us to come down and maybe see some small wintry precipitation.

 

Seems to be cold tomorrow over most of the mainland...

[Mair Snaw]

Well thats that done with then.. temperature should freeze everything solid overnight and tomorrow looks cold so may get another snaw day out of this winter.

[tiff]

Well, made it to Banchory.. Cairn O Mount was closed.. Slug road was pretty bad, had to reverse up for a mile or so as the Transit wouldn't do it forwards... couple of lorries stuck, couple on the A90 jacknifed on the way up too. Quite a day!

 

[Hairy Celt]

Baffles me that we don't have a legal requirement for vehicles to be fitted with tyres fit for the conditions. It's not as if all season tyres are especially rare these days.

[Ruzzi]

Well further to my earlier post, shower activity really pepping up out West now. Could be a decent covering overnight 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

3 hours ago, Ross90 said:

The wind warning on Sunday is a bit of a surprise, their peak gusts for me are only in the low 40s... unless they're expecting it to strengthen. 

Having a little peek at the charts for Sunday and it looks pretty mental especially on the west coast but plenty big showers funneling across the country I'm thinking and can see amber wind warnings if its still the same by tomorrow afternoons outputs   also that front wrapping back around showing up on models too with chances of a area of snow moving in from northwest Scotland  

Welcome @Stormchaser17 we are mostly a relaxed bunch it's @Mair Snaw that needs a bit of time on the naughty step on occasions but he should be fine for now after today's snaw in his garden

Edited February 18, 2022 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[aggy]

18 minutes ago, Ruzzi said:

Well further to my earlier post, shower activity really pepping up out West now. Could be a decent covering overnight 

Here is hoping 

[Stormchaser17]

13 minutes ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

 

Welcome @Stormchaser17 we are mostly a relaxed bunch it's @Mair Snaw that needs a bit of time on the naughty step on occasions but he should be fine for now after today's snaw in his garden

Thank you for the welcome @Kirkcaldy Weather! 

Here's to future storms! 

[jellybaby1969]

Hail n wind at the mo

[Snowandrocks]

1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

Baffles me that we don't have a legal requirement for vehicles to be fitted with tyres fit for the conditions. It's not as if all season tyres are especially rare these days.

Yep, I stuck a set of all season tyres on our 15 year old Honda estate when it needed new tyres a couple of years ago. It'll go anywhere it has ground clearance - amazes me when I see expensive nearly new cars sliding around in really quite modest conditions on summer tyres. Same with lorries - either stay off the road or fit appropriate tyres. 

[Mair Snaw]

@Kirkcaldy Weather I've been a good boy so far this winter.. i think..

[Stormchaser17]

Snowing right now in Stornoway, but it's a fast thing that's already stopping. 

It gave a nice white veil on cars though. More should be arriving around midnight. 

 

WRF is seeing something strong coming between Sunday and Monday... 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Stormchaser17

[Hairy Celt]

23 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

@Kirkcaldy Weather I've been a good boy so far this winter.. i think..

You've been very restrained! But then there's been f all to get excited about...

[Mair Snaw]

2 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

You've been very restrained! But then there's been f all to get excited about...

I have been haven't i...

[Hairy Celt]

All that ppn out west is losing a lot of intensity (aka the will to live) as it comes east this evening.  A common theme in many winters but recently not so much so.

Frosty out tonight, lots of very slippery surfaces here.

[Ravelin]

1 hour ago, Snowandrocks said:

Same with lorries - either stay off the road or fit appropriate tyres. 

Or going by some of the video on the news today... just stay off the frickin road in a lorry if there's an Amber/Red wind warning. 

Currently -0.4C, which isn't surprising as it's been half a degree either side of freezing since it started snowing around 6am this morning. Forecast to drop a bit overnight and max out during Saturday at 1C so most of today's snow should survive into Sunday at least. 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Ravelin

[Ruzzi]

Everything covered again on what was just wet ground a short time ago

Looks like the showers are starting to gear up to come in almost due east. 

Met auto forecast still looking decent, not that it's amazingly accurate but better to be showing this than anything else