Scotland Weather discussion

[Huntforsnow]

The usual chopping off Scotland when posting in the mod thread has begun too  

Hopefully we get some snow in the next few weeks, although anything is better than this boring weather we have been having 

[Sceptical]

Just noticed snow and sleet symbols appearing in the Met forecast for Aviemore and Braemar next Wednesday. Heavy snow for Cairngorm national park on Sunday with some decent windchill temperatures.

Not sure why some in  the MOD thread are a bit despondent this evening. Looking good for Scotland....at this time.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Sceptical

[jellybaby1969]

Well just back from a drizzly dank walk with my spaniels n a tropical 12c ! Yuk...

[edo]

like the look of this ....atlantic blocked out and cold air filtering in......looking good for wintry weather up here with varying degrees of cold showing up run to run.....theme is definitely winter weather coming for scotland at least.

[jellybaby1969]

Certainly looks a better start to winter with no Atlantic onslaught...however when did we have a good olde Atlantic hoolie ? 

[edo]

On 18/11/2021 at 21:01, jellybaby1969 said:

Certainly looks a better start to winter with no Atlantic onslaught...however when did we have a good olde Atlantic hoolie ? 

for sure it seems a long long time, i would say we had a relatively fiesty one a few sundays ago and that was that for the autumn. Was badly timed as kids football festival on and was so wet and cold actually got abandoned with shivering kids. But as a rule i do like a good storm.

 

[Northernlights]

14.5c here tonight and been near that all day but cloudy with a bit of drizzle.Dwarf raspberries still ripening in November .

[mardatha]

I'd love some frosty sunny bright days ... this is dead boring.

And now I've said that we'll probly get buried in snaw and the roof will blow off.

Edited November 19, 2021 by mardatha

[Sceptical]

Tomorrow looks much more seasonal, temperatures in the afternoon struggling to get above 6°C, factor in the wind and it will feel chilly. 

I'm expecting a delivery of 3 m3 of beech logs, perfect weather for getting them into the wood sheds  

[Quinach]

Absolutely gorgeous summer's day 

Currently 16.1c, light to fresh SW winds and oodles of sunshine - feeling downright warm in that sun.

Lots of colour still in the garden thanks to the lack of any hard frost, don't ever recall the likes of Gerbera, Oxalis and Scabious flowering in Mid November!

[Sanserit]

Cracking sunset over Deeside yesterday and today, we’ve had blue skies and 17c (on both weather station and car). Beginning to cloud over a little now so hopeful of another decent sunset as I drive south to Bathgate later this afternoon.

Really fed up of the mildness now, I just want cold weather to set in even though I’m grateful that I’ve not needed to use the mortgage inducing heating as much this autumn!

[Puffy MacCloud]

Well, it appears that some diddy said the ‘S’ word out loud and now all the summer dossers have louped out of bed and are rampaging through the forums in their moon boots and bobble bunnets in anticipation of an epic dump. (of snow, just to be clear) Meanwhile I’m putting the winter attire back in the cupboard and bringing my shorts and sandals back out. Heating’s turned off again.

High temperature for today was 12.2⁰C at 00:37 dropping to a low of 11.5⁰C at 06:55 and now back up to 11.9⁰C, humidity is 89%, wind is 3 to 10mph southwesterly with a maximum gust of 15mph at 01:49, pressure is 1023.8hPa steady, there’s been no rain in the last 24 hours and cloud cover is still 8/8 but a bit thinner in parts than yesterday.

[Northernlights]

Another mild day for a second day of lifting a store of neeps for inside cattle with some dust showing up in field .Ideal for lifting  with no  clogging of wet leaves and roots. Great clean sample.

[edo]

tonights cherry picked chart....ECM a mere 7 days away and a decent cold airmass over Scotland....things keep flirting between very cold and seasonal but all variations of a cold theme which often tends to be a good sign.

An even better sign would be more people posting here....has everyone moved to a new thread and not told me

[Sanserit]

Timed my journey south so that I’d hit my usual Dundee coffee stop around sunset but sadly, I didn’t get a spectacular view like I’d had at home yesterday.  Dry roads until Between Dundee and Perth then patchy the rest of the way, hitting a ninja shower once over the bridge heading for the M8. Temperature was 17c when I left home and steadily dropped as the sun set, falling to 12c once in West Lothian.

My rowan still has a load of berries on it considering how late in the year it is but not so many snow berries on the snowberry shrub as there’s been in previous years. Fuschia, on the other hand, is currently still in full flower, I suspect that will change this weekend.

    

 

[Sceptical]

Feeling much fresher today, temperature 9°C with a cool wind.

[mistyqueen]

Good morning snow loving kilties! Defo a bit cooler this morning, for once the temp was below 12c at 7.30 this morning. Okay, I'm not going to get excited about the possible arrival of white stuff falling from the sky, even though Skye's skies are looking a bit threatening just now. Rumour has it we may see white stuff later this week, possibly next weekend. It'll probably turn out to be sleet as per usual. Since it would appear that today and tomorrow may stay dry I've threatened the car with a wash. Perhaps I'm being a bit hasty there but it really needs it. Anyhoo, I shall watch the charts with interest and pop into the MAD thread every now and then to get a good laugh. I await developments with great anticipation! 

[Benvironment]

10 hours ago, edo said:

....things keep flirting between very cold and seasonal 

 

I'd gladly take either of those!  Even the latter would be very welcome, especially if it means that night time temperatures can finally return to something approaching normal. They've been freakishly high up here since June. I'm outside working with some volunteers tomorrow morning and I genuinely can't wait to finally.....FINALLY.....be out on a sunny, cold morning

[NUT]

Still drizzly and mild at the moment. That will change when this goes through

[Ravelin]

The rain is on here now and the temperature finally starting to drop as the front moves through, down to 8C after a high of nearly 15C yesterday. As others have said, what happens at the end of the coming week is still pretty uncertain but I think we're looking at a few days of cool/cold temperatures at least, but I've a feeling there will be very little in the way of snow even for Scotland.

Just some cooler weather will be welcome though, especially as the heating at work is on again, so it's been way too warm even with the windows open, which we have to do. Strangely, in school across Aberdeenshire the heating in schools is apparently turned on and off not in response to the temperature outside, but on certain dates. Last 'spring' they relented in ours at least and left it on beyond the 'off' date as it was way too cold outside, and with windows required to be open for Covid related reasons we'd all have been wearing jackets, hats and gloves in the classrooms if they hadn't.

[Northernlights]

Clearence across the Firth about an hour ago after a belt of rain showing wintry looking showers to the north. Was still 13c early this morning but now 8c

[Hawesy]

Afternoon all, as others have said a very mild November this far with most stations running 2 or 3c above average in terms of mean temperatures. It’s been okay in terms of saving on heating bills but I’m also looking forward to welcoming something more seasonal tomorrow.

Next week looks interesting, the kind of set up that can throw in surprises at short notice! 

[Sceptical]

This mornings rain has cleared leaving a brighter afternoon. Feeling a bit chilly in the wind. 

 

[Quinach]

Well, not a boring day weatherwise.

Stunning sunrise to start with...

The sunshine not lasting long as a band of heavy rain approached from the NW - nice double rainbow before it hit though...

Then a 90 min period of heavy rain before drying out, with a steady clearance to blue skies from lunchtime onwards.

Generally light winds during daylight hours with the temperature dropping constantly through the day - shown well on the nearest local weather station on https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/

Wind now quite gusty from the NW, giving that a really cold bite when you are out, even though temperature reading is 5.1c.

 

[Puffy MacCloud]

The temperature has been dropping since midnight when it was 10.8⁰C to 3.2⁰C now, humidity is 90%, wind is 2 to 6mph west-northwesterly with a maximum gust of 15mph at 00:25, pressure is 1018.7hPa steady, there’s been 2.4mm of rain today and in the last 24 hours, cloud cover is 1/8 and the stars are out.