Scotland Weather discussion

[DR(S)NO]

Wet and warm looks likely in the coming days… some rather warm overnight minimums in particular at the beginning of the week.

[NUT]

Maybe a little bit reminiscent of August 2004 this spell coming up? I remember that quite well constant torrential rain for days

[Sunshineandshowers84]

Remember that quite well. It was a fairly warm and sunny weekend. By the Sunday evening a band of heavy and Thundery Rain made it’s way into Western Scotland. It seem to stall taking it’s time as I was working through in the East it wasn’t until the following afternoon by the time rain got there and was still Thundery in places. Some places just got a drenching while others got proper flooding as this rain band appeared to last a number of days brining heavy and persistent rain. That summer was a poor one. It did have a number of warm days but it was a weekly occurrence during that August that we had Thunder. 

[Kayemill]

On 02/09/2022 at 09:06, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

I'll predict that warning gets extended inland  

You predicted well. 

[Northernlights]

Ground really parched here with the strong southerly of the last few days no water coming out of any of the drains now and soil surface just talcum powder.

A field of big square bales of straw were burnt yesterday in the strong wind.Fire moved across stubble from bale to bale up a steep hill. 

Delighted to get storm  damage  on the roofs from last winter  sorted in the last week before the change in the weather thats forecast.

Currently 21c with a fresh southerly wind and RH of 25%

Edited September 3, 2022 by Northernlights

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

20 hours ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

 smidge nearer to Glasgow and it'll be close to perfect I think

 

2 hours ago, Kayemill said:

You predicted well. 

Ha maybe they are reading my suggestions

Now looking like 3 active days on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday my next moment is they'll be putting warnings out for at least Mon & Tues soonish

[NUT]

Not all been that wet today but when it has rained (like now) been fairly heavy

[Kayemill]

Was pretty heavy here for a while. 

[Norrance]

Certainly heavy here now and coming in almost horizontally in the strong gusty East wind. Not cold though at 16.6C just now.

[Glaswegianblizzard]

On 02/09/2022 at 17:19, dryfie said:

So that’s the northbound carriageway wet and the southbound dry.

I drove down the M74 this morning and that actually seemed to be the case…

[Quinach]

After a grey start, the afternoon saw a lot of very hazy sunshine.

Not at all cold, with a max of 19c and light to moderate winds.

Perfect weather for the Scottish Cycling Criterium Championship Race in Aberdeen with a decent crowd as well...

The council definitely liking to test public opinion with this architectural planning decision...

A utterly awful forecast for the Tour of Britain grand depart from the city centre later this morning, complete with Met Office weather warning for the whole route.  You feel sorry for the organisers, especially considering the lack of rain over the last few months.

Edited September 3, 2022 by Quinach

[Ravelin]

As above, hope the Tour of Britain riders have good waterproofs as its heaving it down here, and blustery with it. 

Estimated around 13:15 they pass our house. If the rain has eased I'll stand outside and wave to you all watching on ITV4. 

Update: Well race underway, but no TV coverage yet due to the weather. Apparently the TV compound is at the finish at Glenshee, which is too windy to put up the masts they need to recieve/transmit the pictures. Glenshee, windy, never. Did no one think of checking how frequently that is the case, even in September?

Edited September 4, 2022 by Ravelin

[NUT]

Wet start to the morning but the rain has eased hopeful might see the sun for the first time this weekend been so grey but warm

[Mair Snaw]

Bit wet.... and a bit windy too...

[Ravelin]

Tour of Britain leaders coming down Sui Hill past my house top center. It had just about stopped raining by then.

 

 

[Mair Snaw]

Tour of Britain passing through Inverurie earlier...

Edited September 4, 2022 by Mair Snaw

[Ross B]

UKV showing the potential for some torrential outbreaks of rain in the early hours with temps a tropical (for us) 17c.

 

Further downpours likely over the next few days but the Meto have dropped all mention of storms for here. 

Also, despite a decent downpour late last night I suspect we had more rain from the band this morning than through the whole time of the weather warning yesterday! 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Ross B

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Ukv seeing a busy night and the weather on itv said "we might see a weather warning issued for this shortly"  @Ross B on the same page

Fresh out the 0.05 wrf nmm looks awesome the CAPE is pretty much never fading from the east coast and coming back inland plenty too     

[Quinach]

A utterly miserable morning with steady heavy rain and a strong SE wind - the only saving grace being how mild it is.

Overnight low of 14c (!) and a max of 16c in the late afternoon.

That max coinciding with the clearance of the rain after 2pm and the occasional appearance of the sun.

A real shame the weather was so awful in the morning/early afternoon, the global audience for the Tour of Britain not getting to see the countryside at its best. 

Irrespective of the rain, still a decent crowd watching it come through Alford - the coordination of the cavalcade is impressive when you see it in action.

[Mair Snaw]

Miserable grey start to the week, not cold by any means, and still yet to have touched the heating controls.

In my seemingly never ending search for snawmagedon i have a viewing on a house in Alford next week.. well not in Alford but the surrounding area.. having googled the postcode its coming up at 280m asl.. so that should just about do it..

[snowidea]

Mushrooms galore on yesterday's dog walk. Just wish I knew which ones were edible. 

[Snowandrocks]

4 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

Miserable grey start to the week, not cold by any means, and still yet to have touched the heating controls.

In my seemingly never ending search for snawmagedon i have a viewing on a house in Alford next week.. well not in Alford but the surrounding area.. having googled the postcode its coming up at 280m asl.. so that should just about do it..

Yep, that should do pretty well. We have friends at ~300m in Cushnie just to the South of Alford and they do noticeably better than here, especially in more marginal conditions as you would expect. 

[Mair Snaw]

5 minutes ago, Snowandrocks said:

Yep, that should do pretty well. We have friends at ~300m in Cushnie just to the South of Alford and they do noticeably better than here, especially in more marginal conditions as you would expect. 

Cushnie is where the house im looking at is, so maybe i underestimated the altitude a bit.. make a big difference them 20m..

 

[Northernlights]

A bit of rain overnight but cleared this morning to mostly blue skies and a fresh southerly wind which although very  humid is now drying the ground up again. Reached 24c a few hours ago.

[Quinach]

Permagloom morning with some outbreaks of rain.

Bright and dry afternoon with a fresh easterly wind.

Warm for the time of year with another double digit overnight low of 15c and a high today of 19.2c.

Warm over in western canada as well, relatives there commenting it's abnormally warm just now with temperatures around 30c.