Scotland Weather discussion

[Kayemill]

A snapshot from yesterday. Never got above freezing. 

[Ross B]

35 minutes ago, Huntforsnow said:

3rd morning of -5 here it really is stunning weather though! 
The apps are telling me a chance of snow tonight/tomorrow but I’m unsure 

@Kirkcaldy Weather what you thinking any snow for west? 

There's a load more showers currently developing inland today which will drift west /south West, UKV shows the chance of 1 or 2 reaching us later. (currently on radar from about Pitlochry over towards Loch lomond). Somewhere over Argyll with a bit of elevation must be getting a dumping as some of the showers are heavy and barely moving. 

Meanwhile later tonight and into the morning the wind moves more to the north West but still might be too northerly to bring us anything inland. 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Ross B

[SW Saltire]

Been a lovely spell this with lots of sunshine, a good start to winter.

Coldest night so far at -6.7c. Eskdalemuir reached just shy of -8c, Shap below -9c. Chilly

Chance of some snow in the early hours, i’d take a dusting! 

Currently have covid but slowly getting over it. Hoping i’ll be well enough on Sunday to tackle the 3 ‘easy’ munros near Glenshee ski centre. 

 

[Hairy Celt]

Oregon Scientific was the weather station I had. Nice trustworthy-sounding American name, cheap and nasty Chinese crap inside. We're utter mugs, buying stuff like this that only exists to transfer wealth from Scotland to China.

[Ross B]

38 minutes ago, Ross B said:

There's a load more showers currently developing inland today which will drift west /south West, UKV shows the chance of 1 or 2 reaching us later. (currently on radar from about Pitlochry over towards Loch lomond). Somewhere over Argyll with a bit of elevation must be getting a dumping as some of the showers are heavy and barely moving. 

Meanwhile later tonight and into the morning the wind moves more to the north West but still might be too northerly to bring us anything inland. 

Yello weather warning just issued for the west /south West tonight. Marginal with snow mostly above 200m if the showers even make it this far inland 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Ross B

[Norrance]

Those showers forming inland in Highland Perthshire seem to be just swirling around in the same area. Here is one that developed just North of the Upper Tay valley earlier. photo by Charlie Hendry.

And another taken from Aberfeldy

Edited December 1, 2023 by Norrance

[Hairy Celt]

another reason not to buy Chinese goods...

[Hawesy]

Overnight low of -2.1c for the first day of winter. That’s sometimes the lowest value we have for the whole winter!

A bit of a graupel top-up overnight so ungritted streets and pavements are an ice rink. A cm of snow a couple of miles inland at 100m.

[Kayemill]

1 hour ago, Ross B said:

Yello weather warning just issued for the west /south West tonight. Marginal with snow mostly above 200m if the showers even make it this far inland 

Just outside the warning area, so I’ll dig out the snow shovel. 

[thebigyin]

Yep @Norrance, older bro reporting a few inches fallen in last hour or so and still going.

Edited December 1, 2023 by thebigyin

[Big Gally]

1 hour ago, Kayemill said:

Just outside the warning area, so I’ll dig out the snow shovel. 

 

2 hours ago, Ross B said:

Yello weather warning just issued for the west /south West tonight. Marginal with snow mostly above 200m if the showers even make it this far inland 

Yeah it was showing up most of the week.

looks more amplified in recent runs.

 

[Big Gally]

I’ve got a feeling if it gets enough traction someone could have a good dumping as it moves in. 

[Dundeeguy]

Frontal snowfall showing up next Wednesday on GFS,  granted too far in advance at the moment but features to remain hopeful next week

[101_North]

Norwegians definitely smoking something today  

[Hairy Celt]

36 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Norwegians definitely smoking something today  

[101_North]

1 minute ago, Hairy Celt said:

 

That's being saved for every fantasy forecast this winter

Edited December 1, 2023 by 101_North

[SW Saltire]

First ‘ice’ day since last December.

Admittedly my weather station is at my parents who have a small hill (100m) to their south meaning the winter sun is lost at 11:30am. February is when it gives a few more hours.

A ‘max’ of -0.3c. In Dumfries itself, hit the dizzy heights of about 1c. 
I do love the amount of sunshine cold weather brings, makes a refreshing change to cloud, wind and rain!

[Paul]

Definitely cold here today, and looks like we're heading down to -10c or below overnight. But, was great in the sunshine earlier. 

  

[Dundeeguy]

 

[Ross B]

Think I might just buy one of these

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[Big Gally]

2 minutes ago, Ross B said:

Think I might just buy one of these

ABOUT US - Snowgun Europe

SNOWGUN.EU

 

You might not need it. By the looks of things the south’s sunday/ monday snow event is creeping further north. The wheels are coming off for there snow event.

[shuggee]

Max of -2.5C earlier and already down to -5.4C this evening. Brrrr.

2cm of snow and the next few days look interesting! Always feel it's dicing with the Gods when there's milder air aloft and it's borderline rain/sleet/snow - but it's been a few years that I can remember a decent chance like this of frontal snow.

[Polar Side]

I had a lovely winter walk in the Pentlands today. 
 

 

[Ross B]

16 minutes ago, Big Gally said:

You might not need it. By the looks of things the south’s sunday/ monday snow event is creeping further north. The wheels are coming off for there snow event.

Haha to be fair it started here and trended south... Unless it's the wrap around showers from the east.  

 

Also the radar is looking decent out west... 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Ross B

[Ravelin]

High of 1.6C here today according to the local station along the road, but as that coincided with a spike in solar radiation I'm not sure how accurate it is, ie likely the sun directly hit the station. Low for the day is -2.8C so far, which is the current temp. 

Likely going to drop further as sky was cloudless on the drive home, with car showing variations between - 2c and -4c between Westhill and Alford.