Christmas Day in Scotland - Weather Competition

[shuggee]

Had a daft idea - let's run a wee competition to see what we think Christmas Day might look and feel like in our locations. Remember we have a member map to have a nosey where many of us live!

CLOSING DATE 23:59 Sat 18 Dec - so one week before the big day.

Measurements

Min Temp 

Max Temp

Morning (00:00 - 12:00) weather type

Afternoon (12:00 - 00:00) weather type

 

Scoring:

Multiplier on taking a risk with an early submission: Weds or Thurs x 1.4, Fri x 1.2

Temp - difference between entry and actual within 1c 5 points, within 2C 4 points, within 3C 2 points within 5C 0.5 points.

Weather types - right or wrong (3 points twice)

So theoretically (5+5+3+3)*1.4 is possible with a max of 22.4.

 

Completely self-scored/evaluated, so please no cheating and enter in the spirit of the most important aspect - having a bit of fun!

 

[Mair Snaw]

Im gonna go with 

Min temp -8c

Max temp 1c

Light fluffy snaw in the morning followed by bright spells and heavy snaw showers in the afternoon.

Lots of red wine and a big old turkey with all the trimmings..

Merry Xmas to each of you.

[Coopsy]

I’ll be in Killearn, Glasgow between Christmas and New Year. My prediction is:

Min temp: -3oC

Max temp: 4oC

Morning weather: starting clear and frosty with rain and sleet moving in.

Afternoon weather: rain/sleet turning over to snow with 5-10cm by the time the Turkey and whiskey are having me reach for the Rennie   

Nollaig Chridheil  

 

Edited December 15, 2021 by Coopsy

[Norrance]

Am going to be in Bearsden on Christmas Day ( restrictions permitting of course) but will give my forecast for Dundee.

Max 4C

Min1C

Cloudy and cool AM

Drizzly PM with some graupel in heavier bursts.

Edit blizzard from the East on Boxing day as we try to get home.

Edited December 16, 2021 by Norrance

[Sceptical]

I've spent all afternoon working on this. My Magnus Opus.  

Max 5°C

Min 1°C

Fog am giving way to a damp afternoon.

 

[snowidea]

Humph I'm going to be in St Ives in Cornwall rather than Falkirk, can I still play? 

If so I'd say 

Min temp 5

Max 11

Weather am - Grey and drizzle 

Weather pm - slightly less Grey, slightly less drizzle 

[edo]

Min Temp -4c

Max Temp 2

Morning (00:00 - 12:00) frosty clear

Afternoon (12:00 - 00:00) frost lifts slightly then bitterly cold quickly after dark and some wintry showers blowing in off a slack easterly.

[edo]

oh and nice idea @shuggee winner gets to put an emoji trophy next to their username 

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Glasgow

Min temp -5

max temp 2

weather: Cold and frosty at night, mostly clear and Sunny by day.

[edinburgh_1992]

Edinburgh

Misty, low cloud and patches of rain and drizzle on easterly winds

Temperatures somewhere between +3 and +5

[Northernlights]

Morning  minimum -2c light snow flurries on light ENE breeze

 

Afternoon  maximum  1c snow showers moving in from East hugging the coast on a moderate ENE breeze

[Ravelin]

I'll be at home so Alford, or more specifically I'll use the temp readings from the weather station half a mile up the road from me. 

Min -2C

Max 1.5C

Morning, overcast with little wind

Afternoon, similar but with light snow showers later in the day and settling for a dusting. 

Edited December 15, 2021 by Ravelin

[mardatha]

Ancrum, where it never snaws. I'll go for

MIN   -1

MAX +3

sunny spells and calm.

But I know nothing aboot weather except it makes you hot/wet/cauld.

[101_North]

Here we go although this is mostly fantasy thinking!

Min Temp: -3c

Max Temp: 2c

Morning: Frosty start to the day, blue sky and cold! 

Afternoon and evening: Staying cold with a few showers blowing in from the east later in the day. Sleety pish in town but light snow here with a light covering by end of day which I won't see due to being half cut and asleep on the sofa! 

Edited December 16, 2021 by 101_North

[jellybaby1969]

Irvine forecast

Max 7c Min 4c

Morning grey and overcast . Afternoon light drizzle.

 

 

[shuggee]

Going to get my entry in tonight to get the maximum multiplier:

-1°C

2°C

Cloudy morning sunny intervals 

Shower of graupel in the afternoon 

 

[drm]

For Aberdeen I, ll go for a maximum of 4c some sleety showers on a south east wind. A minimum of 3c 

[Jo Farrow]

Measurements for coastal East Lothian

Min Temp +0.8C

Max Temp  +3.2C

Morning (00:00 - 12:00) weather type    Lying snow and snow showers

Afternoon (12:00 - 00:00) weather type      More snow showers

[Stormeh]

Barrhead 

Min Temp: -2c

Max Temp: +3c

Sunny and frosty morning with some snow flurries later in the afternoon 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

The hardest forecast for years my attempt 

Measurements

Min Temp -1.4C

Max Temp 2.7C

Morning (00:00 - 12:00) weather type

Cloud breaking up following a chilly morning. Trough from Scandinavia pushing west across North Sea coming into East by lunchtime.

Afternoon (12:00 - 00:00) weather type

Flow becoming a straight easterly by the early afternoon bringing increasingly heavy snow showers & streamers creating beautiful snow pics from many in the Scottish thread 

 

[ghoneym]

Late to the party here.....working Christmas Day buy hey ho. Hope you all have a Great Christmas!

Measurements

Min Temp  -1ºC

Max Temp  +0.5ºC

Wind chill  -5ºC

AM - Cauld. frosty, breeze picking up.

PM-  Incoming blizzards.  15-20cm by Turkey time 

 

PS if you want the º symbol, try holding the ALT key and typing 0176 on a windows desktop keyboard. For Mac its hold ALT and press 0 (zero) Not sure how to do it on an iPad or phone with shortcuts. Cheers

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by ghoneym

[Boydie]

Min temp -4c

Max temp 1.3c

AM - Frosty with clear skies.

PM- Heavy grey almost pink tinged sky, with snow showers in the afternoon.

Turkey etc and some nice bottles of  Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12yo 330ml 8%

 

[A Winter's Tale]

For Glasgow:

Max 2C

Min -3C

AM - patchy cloud cover, slight easterly breeze

PM - mostly clear and calm 

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Love how everyone in the Glasgow area is predicting pretty much the same.

[Ross90]

Motherwell

 

Max. 4c

Min. 1c

 

Cloudy with a couple of showers early on, clear and cool at night.