Scotland Weather discussion

[snowidea]

Actually needed gloves on the morning dog walk. Patches of frost and even saw an iced up puddle

[Northernlights]

Currently 4c with sun and blue skies. Frost still lying in shade

[Northernlights]

A group of 18 Whooper swans landed in a stubble field this morning .Managed to get a photo of 3    

[Snowandrocks]

The frost has lifted slightly as some murky clouds mover over but it seems to be clearing up a bit again now. 

Mud still frozen solid thankfully! 

[Northernlights]

2 hours ago, Northernlights said:

A group of 18 Whooper swans landed in a stubble field this morning .Managed to get a photo of 3    

Always see these birds  as prelude  to colder winters as the advancing cold forces  them  SW to us from Scandinavia  and this seems to be happening right now across the North Sea really not too far from us.

Back down to 2c with ground frost forming rapidly under clear skies.

Edited November 21, 2022 by Northernlights

[Benvironment]

High of 1.8C today, and stayed below freezing till about 1pm. A week ago it was T shirt weather at 800m. Today, not so much!

Felt great to be properly cold, walking over frozen mud, but as others have said, given the saturated ground there was a lethal glaze on many paths. Enjoy it while it lasts…..

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

First proper frost of the autumn, minus 3.3c ,lower in lower field.  View from the Struie transformed by the rolling banks of fog.  Covering of snow on the highest tops too.

[Kerwin]

There were a few rumbles of thunder in Peterculter on the outskirts of Aberdeen last night about 10.20pm

[Sceptical]

The Lecht today.

 

[Mair Snaw]

Just dull and damp here in Perth.. a touch of frost yesterday morning at -1c... not been in the mad house today but it was a happy place yesterday... are we allowed to mention the world cup in here?? If so Argentina

[Quinach]

Sunshine and sharp showers the order of the day, cool as well as temperature has only just creeped over 4c.

Light winds.

Really could do with a few days of dry weather, tired of washing the carpet everyday (kids and muddy shoes not a good combination, especially when the former keep forgetting to remove them when coming in the house....)

[Norrance]

Showery here too and feeling cool in the North Easterly breeze. Did briefly get up to 6C in one of the brighter bits. Some sharp showers with hail early doors. 4C 

 

[Ravelin]

4 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

not been in the mad house today but it was a happy place yesterday

If the other models are even close to today's 12Z GFS that I've just looked at then the mad house will be dead quiet.... as they'll all have fainted at his ridiculously blocked its looking from about 30th right to the end of the run. 

[Mair Snaw]

13 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

If the other models are even close to today's 12Z GFS that I've just looked at then the mad house will be dead quiet.... as they'll all have fainted at his ridiculously blocked its looking from about 30th right to the end of the run. 

Ive just had a quick scan...my word even i might see some snaw if that lot happens...

[dryfie]

Best day for some time down here, bringing river levels back down again.  Never before cut lawn in Nov, let alone last third of month.  Surely today’s was the last?  Made harder by not seeing cut lines, but first cataract op at Mountainhall tomorrow, so fingers crossed.  Hoping for bright intervals to develop.

[Northernlights]

Wintry looking sunset at 4c at 4.00pm.

[Mair Snaw]

Very interesting charts this morning.. is something brewing for December?? It's looking like it could be about to get interesting, but then again it wouldn't surprise me if it all came crashing down by this time tomorrow..

[Sceptical]

1 minute ago, Mair Snaw said:

Very interesting charts this morning.. is something brewing for December?? It's looking like it could be about to get interesting, but then again it wouldn't surprise me if it all came crashing down by this time tomorrow..

The lack of booms and stonkers on the mad thread is a concern  

[dryfie]

21 hours ago, dryfie said:

Best day for some time down here, bringing river levels back down again.  Never before cut lawn in Nov, let alone last third of month.  Surely today’s was the last?  Made harder by not seeing cut lines, but first cataract op at Mountainhall tomorrow, so fingers crossed.  Hoping for bright intervals to develop.

Into hospital 1030 in rain and gloom.  Out 1300 in glorious Dumfries sunshine.  Not just meteorological but also medical.  Amazing difference on this monitor, changing from a dull grey to a nice sharp black, with text clearer and apparently larger.  Thanks to the NHS and nice capable Roumanian doctor.  Multu mesque (?)

[johncam]

6 hours ago, Sceptical said:

The lack of booms and stonkers on the mad thread is a concern  

Indeed , they always look at charts 10 days and more into the future and take it at gospel , then despair when it doesn't happen 

[Hairy Celt]

I can't keep up, either with the weather or my family, recently.

11 days ago I had the great displeasure of a few hundred miles of French motorway with fog. Fkn idiots they are. Got off the ferry at Hull the following morning and, yeah, the English were at it too, tailgating at 70+mph when you can't see more than 100 yards at best. You only kill/die once? A day later and I was on the M74 northbound in heavy rain - one big Volvo had spun and was waiting patiently for someone else to sort out which direction it should face, and a Range Rover looked like it had flipped, spraying plastic everywhere. God help the drivers and their families. Heavy rain means lots of surface water, chaps, slow down eh?

I set off back down south a couple of days ago with the car saying -5C most places from here to Perth in the early morning. There's a theme here so guess what... tailgating and overtaking drivers through patchy freezing fog. Oh god my meeting is just so much more important than your life. SET YOUR ALARM 15 MINUTES EARLIER egg AND TAKE YOUR TIME.

This afternoon's return leg was fortunately uneventful. Snow above about 800m, first I've seen this autumn this side of the North Sea.

Aaaand I now have a tiny granddaughter in Edinburgh. She's lovely.

[mardatha]

Awh lovely HC - stay alive to enjoy her growing up. Stay off the roads!

[Kayemill]

Why is there a warning for wind?

I've experienced more after eating Brussel Sprouts! It's dead calm out.

[Mair Snaw]

@Hairy Celt i bet she sees snaw before you do this winter... on a serious note congratulations .

Was a beautiful morning here but the cloud has quickly rolled in and the wind has picked up. 

The mad house is still as mad as ever.. up and down more often than a tarts knickers in there.. the gfs is no good the para is better.. ECM is a thing of beauty but is it just playing us? GEM says yes but the Icon says no.. we're in for a mega freezer in December no wait hang on there's a shortwave near Norway.. the PV is toast what if we get a SSW??..

[JamesM]

4 hours ago, Kayemill said:

Why is there a warning for wind?

I've experienced more after eating Brussel Sprouts! It's dead calm out.

Wondered that myself. Nothing more than a gentle breeze!