Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24

[Norrance]

New thread for winter, Is the potential high next week going to retrogress or sink?

[chemikal]

It's quiet. Fingers crossed we'll get conditions like last Saturday in the near future. This is probably looking NE towards the wind turbine on the Cathkin Braes. 

[101_North]

More grey, rainy pish. Give us a break

[Northernlights]

Overcast but dry above frost still coming out of the ground.   Surface  very sticky so no field work for a few days yet      Very humid at 8c.

First calf treated for pneumonia  in spite of having two vaccines at  11.00pm last night  again by vet as shot used earlier was a bit weaker so the stronger stuff has to be administered by vet as it is fatal to humans. Up and eating this morning so a good result. This weather is very hard on the lungs.

[Hawesy]

1 hour ago, 101_North said:

More grey, rainy pish. Give us a break

Yep, 8.2c, more rain, more flooded roads. Horrible out.

[Norrance]

Yep. Steady rain coming in on a fresh ESE breeze. 7.5C but feeling colder.

[mardatha]

Godawful.

[Ravelin]

Pick any one or more from the following and it'll describe the weather today... 

disgusting
nasty
terrible
dreadful
ghastly
horrid
horrible
vile
foul
abominable
appalling
atrocious
horrendous
hideous
offensive
objectionable
obnoxious
frightful
loathsome
revolting
repulsive
repellent
repugnant
odious
sickening
nauseating
nauseous
gruesome
diabolical
yucky

Not sure tomorrow will be any better either. 

[snowidea]

We've been out for a long wet dog walk, so he's now smelling like an old carpet. 

[Hairy Celt]

stuff that

Edited December 10, 2023 by Hairy Celt

[Quinach]

10 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

stuff that

Echoed by the dog this morning but got pushed out irrespective to get on with the business.

Everything dripping with water, constant drizzle not giving anything a chance to dry up.

Mild I suppose at 7c with calm conditions but my goodness the dry, cold, sunny weather of last weekend already feels like it is a distant memory.

[Klippie]

Having a quick look around the charts and in the daft thread it would seem more cold for this side of the year is unlikely, its down to the high pressure thats going to form around France (Bartlett) and those can stick around for weeks...I still live in hope that one day I will see a white Christmas.

 

[101_North]

Oh goodie. A yellow rain warning for Tues and Wed  

[Ravelin]

On 09/12/2023 at 15:41, Ravelin said:

Not sure tomorrow will be any better either. 

It wasn't, probably worse actually. Grey with some drizzle in the morning, heavier rain early afternoon onwards. Made the mistake before the dog walk late morning of checking the level of clothing required by popping out the back door. Didn't seem too chilly, but that was sheltered. Once out on the hill a stiff wind made it feel much colder, despite coming from a southerly direction. 

Next shot at something interesting? 

Almost certainly will change in detail, and the GFS OP was at the colder end of its ensemblies, but persistent hints that after a warmer spell next weekend it could cool down again significantly ahead of Xmas?

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Ravelin

[Gadje]

A few more days of this dreich stuff to suffer before looking likely high pressure comes in. Might be cold down south but average temps wise and cloudy for us lower and upper kilties but hopefully still dry. I'm taking note as I need to hire a digger soon, no point until the ground dries out a bit. A frost would help a lot, break up the soil and warm my coldie heart . GFS 12Z looking hopeful.

[Snowandrocks]

To echo others a miserable couple of days and ground conditions are the worse I've seen them for a while - the path to my woodshed is normally reasonably drained but is currently a bog that I can barely push the barrow through. I wonder if there's been a persistent subsurface layer of frost that's stopped the surface from draining. 

Hopefully with a westerly flow and high pressure we might get some pleasant weather later in the week? 

[JamesM]

An absolutely foul day and it was certainly not fun trying to put up the Christmas lights in the pouring rain. 

[Norrance]

55 minutes ago, JamesM said:

An absolutely foul day and it was certainly not fun trying to put up the Christmas lights in the pouring rain. 

Got caught with that too. Dry when I started but by the time I untangled one lot it was pouring and cold but felt that I had to carry on. Now partly cloudy and dry at 3C.

 

[Northernlights]

Showery am no dung spreading to wet, turnip competition measured yield am but ploughing up old grass all day so a bit getting done in this dryer area of Scotland. ground fog just now plus clear sky so maybe a ground frost later. Currently 4c. 

[Hairy Celt]

Oh god it's that time of year when everyone tries to wipe dried sneeze s n o t off their screens... Some of us do it repeatedly, unable to remember that we did it only this morning...

Edited December 11, 2023 by Hairy Celt

[Northernlights]

2 hours ago, Northernlights said:

Showery am no dung spreading to wet, turnip competition measured yield am but ploughing up old grass all day so a bit getting done in this dryer area of Scotland. ground fog just now plus clear sky so maybe a ground frost later. Currently 4c. 

Down to 0.5c now  and grass sparkling

[Hawesy]

The ‘wet in the east’ theme of Autumn has continued into December. Aberdeen already sitting on 135% of average December rainfall (106mm) while Tulloch Bridge is on just 7% (16mm).  The wettest few months I can remember since moving to the area in 2005.

It’s raining outside, 7c. 

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

A cold raw day at 3.3C today down to 2.2 now but stars have disappeared and showery rain yet again. 

[Big Gally]

Still a long way off. But could we see some snow heading up to Christmas? 

[Hawesy]

Miserable again. Wet, 7c and a brisk (22 mph) SEly wind. Looking forward to the westerlies at the weekend, we need to dry out!