Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24

[Klippie]

Hmmm...looking at the Beeb pressure chart its showing something interesting, after the main snow event passes through another blob comes in from the north west into Fife later in the evening...well we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Hairy Celt]

2 minutes ago, Klippie said:

Hmmm...looking at the Beeb pressure chart its showing something interesting, after the main snow event passes through another blob comes in from the north west into Fife later in the evening...well we'll just have to wait and see.

 

Hands off. That blob is mine.

[Klippie]

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[Hairy Celt]

Fks sake I'm not waiting up all night for that purple blob to not make it over Millbuie. Bedtime.

[jellybaby1969]

Well it looks like this mornings snow has headed further south and looks like it's heading south east thru N Ireland ..IOM and into  NW England

 

[CameronWS]

Looks a completely unpredictable event, as these so often are. This might be mainly disappointment for the central belt but now something is showing on the models for Thursday night And another feature for the North East tomorrow.

[aggy]

Yes looks like NI is taking a hammering . 
more Precipitation is building between NI and the northern isles so who knows it’s a now cast situation for sure 

[Big Gally]

It seems to split but then mergers from the north then sinks south. Hopefully

Edited January 16 by Big Gally

[Bats32]

Deeply disappointing so far this morning, snow missing to the south, radar doesn't look like it's hitting here anytime soon either. Even the UKV 3z is way off.  we get some later today.

[Sanserit]

Overnight low of -6.2c at 5.35am then temperature seemed to jump to -4.5c within minutes (cloud cover maybe?). Fell back to -4.9c and now rising again, currently -4.6c (DP low -7.0c, now -5.6c). Not yet opened the curtains so no idea if anything fell overnight. Came home over the Slug road last night which was drivable so will attempt it again this morning.

[Ravelin]

Low of -3.7C overnight, currently -2.8C. A quick look outside suggests no additional snow, as expected. Might get some more later today, but forecasts vary, especially with the timing. 

[Sceptical]

7 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

Think it was 11th Feb 2021 Alford recorded -23.3 in the morning.. @Sceptical would know best as he is always the one with the car dashboard pictures when its cold..

That's correct although the car, was showing around -25c. The Met takes temperature measurements at 1.5 meters, while typically a cars RTD is around 300mm. That mostly explains the difference.

The coldest UK temperature I've seen was back on the 4th January 2010. The car was showing-25.6c at Whitehouse Alford. 

Edited January 16 by Sceptical

[101_North]

Total non-event as predicted this morning. Charts don't look great for later either locally. Unless something changes dramatically this is yet another rubbish cold spell and it isn't even that cold at -1c

[snowidea]

It's that flipping yellow warning, always banjaxes our snow

Edited January 16 by snowidea

[Ross B]

Looking like a bust at the moment.... But UKV (just about makes it to glagsow area) and met office (text) going for snow mid morning getting heavier so we could still be OK...but as mentioned earlier even the early morning modelling is off a bit so who knows. 

Edited January 16 by Ross B

[Serac]

Snowy low went too far south …… now where have I heard that before ?

ach well

[johncam]

More concerned with the low forecast for Sunday,  could bring exceptional windy period. One to watch 

[Ross B]

Precip is intensifying around the skye area and a few showers building into Ayrshire now so I wouldn't give up yet. 

[Ravelin]

2 minutes ago, johncam said:

More concerned with the low forecast for Sunday,  could bring exceptional windy period. One to watch 

Noticed that, XC Weather, so GFS has 70mph+ gusts for us on Sunday. Other forecasts currently much less, so maybe GFS just 'gone off on one' again, especially at that range. 

[johncam]

6 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Noticed that, XC Weather, so GFS has 70mph+ gusts for us on Sunday. Other forecasts currently much less, so maybe GFS just 'gone off on one' again, especially at that range. 

Latest ECM looking bad as well , hopefully they are overblown 

[NorthYorksWeather]

Morning all. Currently -3.5°C in Dalwhinnie after a low of -8.4°C. A few light snow showers in the area overnight topping up the snow a bit. Area of precip lurking out to the west at the moment one to watch, fingers crossed for a good dumping later on. 

[lorenzo]

Plenty of stuff piling in on radar, pity that first band tracked further south - hopefully this other 'blob' makes up for it during today..

[snowidea]

Weirdly the met office forecast for here has gone from no snow this morning and light snow later to this.

[Ross B]

Light Snaw is on here with a fresh dusting already 

[aggy]

Yeah Sean batty said widespread snow so we shall see