Scotland Weather discussion

[Mair Snaw]

44 minutes ago, jon_d1983 said:

A another beautiful morning again. Blue sky, the suns out and currently 0°c. 
 

another fresh dusting of snow has covered the road and grass. Day 5 of laying snow

On the coast, thats rather remarkable in cold dark winter days let alone spring with all it warm sunshine and longer days..

[101_North]

Looking at the charts then Sunday into Monday looking like a potential rain to snow event in some areas as the front starts moving south again. Shown most clearly on GFS but also the possibility on ECF. Also mentioned in the lastest Met outlook.

Have zero interest in a slushy mess but colder air and snow showers potentially following on behind for midweek

[Klippie]

Great photo's everyone...Scotland truly is a beautiful place but when covered in snow its absolutely stunning.

Here we go again with the snow forecast...its all over the place the Beeb Met-Office and WX Charts are far from agreeing on anything, will we get a decent covering or won't we, then Monday on the Beeb the rain lashes in, but WX Charts shows a snow event on Monday followed by a rash of wintry showers..???

When I wake up tomorrow morning and its white...happy days.

 

[Hairy Celt]

9 hours ago, Snowandrocks said:

I mostly drive a Hilux with 16 inch steel wheels, 70 profile tyres and suspension that is perfectly capable of dealing with rural Mongolia yet even major roads across both Edinburgh and Highland are often wince inducing. 

Aberdeenshire Council seem perfectly capable of keeping on top of things - our dead end single track road that only leads to a farm and 3 houses is ploughed daily and has the odd pothole repaired quite promptly. I've no idea why other councils make such a hash of it. 

Something to do with budgets and how the councillors choose to prioritise services. Personally I'd rather they tried to keep the schools staffed and maintained, but hey, if wheels and tyres are higher on your list than children's education, that's fine too.

[Ricky67]

Cloud beginning to increase from the Sout West here, dry and a little chilly.   Wondering how this next 48 will pan out here.

[Dundeeguy]

Met still going with high ground event tonight but automated forecast showing light snow showers on and off…

 

looking ahead looks like a lot of snow chances again this week 

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Glorious start again here, temps down to minus 7.8C  hovering around minus 3.5C at moment. My pet icicle is now an impressive 32 inches.

[blitzen]

Morning all.   Another lovely one too.   Think cloud starting to build from southwest though.   Current  temp 5.5c DP   -1.4c.

[Ravelin]

I know that XC weather can be a bit of a joke, but 2 days out its generally not too far off. I just don't quite buy this though, I think it'll be mainly rain into Monday. If its correct though I'll be pleasantly surprised. 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Didn't get time to update late yesterday- family emergency

Taking the last 4 runs of the GFS by Tuesday eve this could really be the big event most of us salivate for 

 

 

 

GEM isn't dissimilar 

 

 

[Dundeeguy]

Be interesting to see what happens later, met and bbc going with only high ground accumulations . Some other forecasts saying 2/4cm quite widely . I’m so puzzled

[Klippie]

It looks like we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Out and about today and it didn't feel cold actually in the sunshine it was very pleasent, the motor temp was reading +9deg/C so after sunset the temperature will have to nose dive if we are to see any snow falling never mind lying.

The current conditions here...

Air temp +6.9deg/C

Ground temp +6.3deg/C

Cloud temp (high level cloud) -22.5deg/C

I would very much like to be proven wrong though..!!!

[Cheggers]

Seems the Midlands stealing all our snaw...

Mansfield this morning.

[blitzen]

Certainly clouding over now.  Has that weird heavy look about it especially looking east.

[Hairy Celt]

24 minutes ago, blitzen said:

Certainly clouding over now.  Has that weird heavy look about it especially looking east.

Lol. That usually means rain.

[Hairy Celt]

ATM, Tuesday looks promising. There, jinxed it.

[Ravelin]

Back down to -1.1C after a high of 2.8C, the snow on south facing fields etc open to the sun has largely gone, but still quite a bit remaining on North facing slopes and shaded areas. Let's see what tonight brings before we start looking at what happens on Monday. 

BTW, quite a blizzard this afternoon in London, France doing to England at Twickenham what I was worried they were going to do to Scotland two weeks ago. 

Edit: As far as Monday goes, I'll take the 850s from UKMO please. 

  

Slightly colder for most of Scotland, which could be the difference between rain and snow. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by Ravelin

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Missed a better photos of the front coming in as out with the mad hound but this below as dusk gathered.  

[jon_d1983]

9 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

On the coast, thats rather remarkable in cold dark winter days let alone spring with all it warm sunshine and longer days..

It’s taken it’s fair Time to shift. Took a wander over the golf course today and still A fair bit there too. I’ve seen it snow here and be gone by lunch time, head a few miles up the road and it’s carnage

[Ross B]

Some pretty mild air coming in from the west with that front, 6c when I just drove thro Central Glasgow with some spots of rain. 3c here with the precip inching closer, I'd guess sleet with a chance of snow in heavier bursts. Plenty of gritters out and about tho... 

[Huntforsnow]

It’s started snowing here

[Ross B]

3 minutes ago, Huntforsnow said:

It’s started snowing here

Same. The reverse psychology worked 

[Kayemill]

Snowing here too. 

[SW Saltire]

Same here, lovely fluffy flakes. Not lying currently.

Ended up with a couple centimetres on Friday morning, a shame as it snowed for  around 12 hours. Yesterday was a stunning day, I do love the crystal clear skies you get with a Northerly.

Was down at the coast and the lake district hills looked pretty good

[JamesM]

Light snow lying on grass and untreated surfaces.