Scotland Weather discussion

[Snowandrocks]

Blowing in a bit on the way up from the village. Suspect it might be a digger job by morning if it keeps up.

[shuggee]

Ew, watching that vidoe reminds me that after experiencing those conditions for any length of time, you close your eyes and still see snow blowing about. Even in bed two hours later.

Or is it just me?!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Thundersnow and a decent hail core with the streamer up in the Northeast corner 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[Hairy Celt]

29 minutes ago, Halfamilefromnowhere said:

Heavy snow earlier this evening but now temperatures have risen above freezing just, a few drips here and there. But more a wet look to the large flakes. Also the ( thankfully) small spider has popped out by the sink usually a sure sign of rain, may have to squish him if he is right..

We have your wet leftovers now, it looks good coming down but the temp's about to rise through 0C... 

We've got a resident spider on the living room ceiling. He wanders around a bit but seems to have a favoured spot a couple of feet in from a window... How long can spiders go without eating? Richer pickings on the floor, you'd think, but he'd run the risk of getting spotted by the cat. Cat occasionally looks up to check on ceiling spider - spider flicks a couple of legs back...

[Zerouali lives]

9 minutes ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

Thundersnow and a decent hail core with the streamer up in the Northeast corner 

Yeah watching that potential thundersnow to the east of Turriff at the moment - it might just miss Aberdeen to the east but it'll be tight.

Still scattered showers falling as snow in Aberdeen city centre and lying on all surfaces no problem

Edited December 14, 2022 by Zerouali lives

[Ravelin]

Around 7pm at least one car got stuck in this snow up the road past our house, dragged out by a big pickup/L200. Now there's a police car sat outside with lights flashing and farmer has gone past with plough on tractor. I'm assuming someone else is stuck. Others coming up and having to turn. 

The road is single track, especially in the snow, and goes over a 400m hill. Yet there's still cars trying to go up it, in the snow, with a strong wind blowing. Unbelievable. 

[Eastern Scotland WX]

8 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Around 7pm at least one car got stuck in this snow up the road past our house, dragged out by a big pickup/L200. Now there's a police car sat outside with lights flashing and farmer has gone past with plough on tractor. I'm assuming someone else is stuck. Others coming up and having to turn. 

The road is single track, especially in the snow, and goes over a 400m hill. Yet there's still cars trying to go up it, in the snow, with a strong wind blowing. Unbelievable. 

How much snow on the ground there? I hear its about 8-9cm in Aberdeen. 

[Norrance]

Heavy up in Aberdeen city just now. Bone dry,calm, clear and starry skies here with any breeze having died now. Video from Aberdeen.

[Zerouali lives]

Yeah moderate to heavy snow in Aberdeen the past 25 minutes now.  Actually starting to get decent accumulations even at sea level.

Think there was about 3" this morning, must getting on for about double that now.

Radar suggests this prolonged shower will be on for another 20 mins yet at least

Edited December 14, 2022 by Zerouali lives

[Ravelin]

7 minutes ago, Eastern Scotland WX said:

How much snow on the ground there? I hear its about 8-9cm in Aberdeen. 

Difficult to say exactly, especially as most of it is concrete hard old stuff that was wettish and then froze solid when it was really cold. We've probably had another 10-15cm since this time last night, and that's really light powdery stuff. It's that recent stuff drifting off the fields that's causing all the problems at the moment, we've largely missed the heaviest of the snow showers since this afternoon. 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Ravelin

[drm]

Just now, Zerouali lives said:

Yeah moderate to heavy snow in Aberdeen the past 25 minutes now.  Actually starting to get decent accumulations even at sea level.

Think there was about 3" this morning, must getting on for about double that now

Think we, ll see a change  to a sleety mix in the city in an hour or so , hopefully not though. Temp 1c dp - 1c better accumulations than I expected, shame all we had last week was washed away last Friday/Saturday

[Zerouali lives]

13 minutes ago, drm said:

Think we, ll see a change  to a sleety mix in the city in an hour or so , hopefully not though. Temp 1c dp - 1c better accumulations than I expected, shame all we had last week was washed away last Friday/Saturday

Yeah just noticing snow grains / hail now

[drm]

Fingers crossed the GFS18z verifies, some places might get buried. Looking good for the ski slopes for sure. 

[Zerouali lives]

Those North Sea mild core lows really annoy me as it turns everything a good few degrees milder.

Certainly a chance of a white Christmas with the Northerly setting in again later next week...

[Northernlights]

2 hours ago, Northernlights said:

Steady snow on again at -1c and a bit of a breeze blowing   it  around  a bit.

Have a fresh inch of snow from this evenings showers

[Sanserit]

It feels much colder outdoors tonight than it’s done on any of the previous nights since this serious cold spell began.  Currently -0.3°C, DP -1.5°C. Journeys both to and from work weren’t the nicest of experiences due to a fair bit of snow in the morning then drifting in the evening and a fair bit of rutted ice added in for good measure.

Think I’m ready to stop for holidays now tbh so I can stay indoors and just watch the snow fall with a glass of mulled wine to warm me up 

[Northern Strath]

About 8cms from tonight’s showers, must be totaling a foot outside now. If overnight showers continue with this intensity the back roads will be interesting to say the least  

[Sceptical]

Bit of a change this morning, hopefully a blip. Mix of rain, sleet and snow. Last night's high winds have disappeared.

The daily commute was less stressful thanks to the slightly warmer temperatures. Roads are mostly slushy or black.

[101_North]

Overnight runs aren't great for here in terms of snow tomorrow. GFZ and UKV have it all north. Arpege too. Hopefully time to correct south. ECM is better but is usually a load of cobblers! -5c last night.

Edited December 15, 2022 by 101_North

[johncam]

Think it's the beginning of the end especially the further south you are , run up to Xmas not looking as good though models all over the place 

[Gogoslo]

Had another covering overnight but now raining on coast.  Definitely not as cold as it has been.   Eldest in major grump this am as city schools still open

[Ross B]

8 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Overnight runs aren't great for here in terms of snow tomorrow. GFZ and UKV have it all north. Hopefully time to correct south. ECM is better but is usually a load of cobblers! -5c last night.

Aye not looking so good. The Latest met office text forecast mentions the potential for significant snow on Sunday with drifting though... onto the next chance then if this one goes north

[101_North]

Just now, Ross B said:

Aye not looking so good. The Latest met office text forecast mentions the potential for significant snow on Sunday with drifting though... onto the next chance then if this one goes north

Sunday will be torrential sleety pish here. 100%. Never, ever get much out of a transitional event. 

[Ravelin]

I'd estimate around 10cm cleared from driveway this morning that had accumulated since late yesterday afternoon. Another day of 'home working' for me, along with trying to persuade my youngest son, who is in S5, that at his stage in school a snow day means getting on with his coursework, not sitting on his Xbox all day. 

Anyway, at least the dog will be happy to have company all day again. 

[Hawesy]

50 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Sunday will be torrential sleety pish here. 100%. Never, ever get much out of a transitional event. 

I never want to to be honest. I don’t enjoy seeing a good snowfall turn to slush and mush. Fortunately it’s not really a thing here. If it’s transitional we tend to start as rain/sleet.

0.5c this morning after an overnight low of -1.3c.