Scotland Weather discussion

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Different world down south. Quick trip to Manchester last night and back today. Just south of Tebay brilliant clear skies, hard all day frost south of Glasgow to very icy last few miles over the Struie , Bonar Bridge to Lairg

[Hairy Celt]

12 minutes ago, Halfamilefromnowhere said:

Snow tyres make a tremendous difference,we put snow tyres on girlfriends mini it’s now like a 4x4 until it gets too deep and grounds. Great fun to. As earlier comments try and avoid 1st gear and if going up hill try and stay in third and keep the revs up plus avoiding braking as much as you can.

I just keep going as fast as possible as long as there's no pedestrians or other vehicles. Once momentum's lost, it's hard to get back in slippy conditions.

Winter tyres are a must, or good all-seasons. Some brands are better than others.

[Snowandrocks]

Some rather spectacular lightning (I think!) here - bone dry oddly with a bright moon but 4 or 5 flashes lighting up the snow beautifully. 

 

[Northernlights]

A miserable wet night with moderate sleet  at 1.4c  

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

On 08/12/2022 at 19:17, Ruzzi said:

I'm just patiently waiting on the stars aligning for a re-run of Feb 2021 ..... 

 

 

[Dundeeguy]

Light snow in Dundee just now 

[Norrance]

Just now, Dundeeguy said:

Light snow in Dundee just now 

Yep,  nice feathery flakes lying readily.

[Norrance]

Coming from that narrow band. Some of the heavier stuff to the North will hopefully come  our way without raising the temps.

[Dundeeguy]

Nothing forecasted by met office unsurprisingly and unsurprisingly it’s snowing, I think tomorrow in these situations with snow showers it’s important to look at the radar rather than the forecast, met office are often wrong.

Edited December 10, 2022 by Dundeeguy

[Sceptical]

I would say the ongoing cold spell, now qualifies as historic?

"Scotland endures longest weather warning on record"

Met Office extends Scotland snow and ice travel warnings

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Yellow weather alerts will apply in northern, central and southern Scotland until noon on Sunday.

 

Edited December 10, 2022 by Sceptical

[johncam]

47 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

I would say the ongoing cold spell, now qualifies as historic?

"Scotland endures longest weather warning on record"

Met Office extends Scotland snow and ice travel warnings

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Yellow weather alerts will apply in northern, central and southern Scotland until noon on Sunday.

 

Good god , how times have changed 

[Northern Strath]

Around 10cms of sticky snow overnight/in to morning from showers feeding NNE off the moray firth and flowing over the Great Glen. More on the way today, crackin’

[Hawesy]

Great stuff @Northern Strath you really are in a league of your own. Raining this morning down here (as expected) everything the wrong side of marginal. It’s definitely a day to be inland and with a bit of altitude if you’re after accumulating snow.

[Penicuikblizzard]

Heavy Snow at Straiton and settling quickly

Looking like rain and sleet later when the warm sector arrives so will enjoy the snow while it lasts 

[Ross B]

13 minutes ago, Penicuikblizzard said:

Heavy Snow at Straiton and settling quickly

Looking like rain and sleet later when the warm sector arrives so will enjoy the snow while it lasts 

We're getting very light snow from that band too, can see it in the lampposts and there's a sprinkling of dandruff on top of the frost. 

Edited December 10, 2022 by Ross B

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Recorded the snow from the St Andrews cam within the last hour 

 

Definitely wasn't shown to be this many showers developing so early hence the Met have brought the warning time forward  I'd say that could be a positive sign for the main streamer action 

 

[Ravelin]

Still plenty of snow lying here thus morning, but it's looking a bit on the wet side. Will no doubt survive for at least a week now given the temperature being forecast to barely get above freezing for the next week. Will have to make sure we get the driveway and paths cleared today before it all freezes solid. 

[Hawesy]

Current dew point readings…

[Mair Snaw]

Raining in Perth....

[Polar Side]

Morning all, it’s been snowing light to moderately (but mainly light) here for the past hour giving a wee top up to the remaining snow from Thursday.

 

[Ruzzi]

7 hours ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

 

 

It is something that is worth keeping an eye on for sure. The hemispheric set-up had a lot of the pieces in the right places for the developments to head that way. It's still a mile away but interesting that it's now been suggested. In with a shout at least

[JoeShmoe]

Sat on a plane at Edinburgh and have been for an hour, coming down hard here and they’re having to de-ice and clear the runway 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Lovely view from the penguin webcam in Edinburgh zoo

Live Penguin Cam | RZSS Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo

WWW.EDINBURGHZOO.ORG.UK

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Welcome to Edinburgh Zoo’s live cameras. Enjoy watching some of our amazing animals and try coming back at different times to see them sleeping, playing, and one of their favourites…...

 

[Polar Side]

Getting quite heavy here now, can someone let @101_North know?

[101_North]

Wasn't expecting this  

Just now, Polar Side said:

Getting quite heavy here now, can someone let @101_North know?

I was out like a light! My rather excited son has just shaken me awake