Mr T

Another 10cm or so overnight in Aboyne. Schools closed. Kids will enjoy sledging in nearby field later.

Heavier snow now on and lots of birds at the feeding station in the back garden. Snowboarding later after work on a nearby hill with night lights. Was a blast last night with 9yr old who was excited to get his snowboard back out the storage bag. VID-20240115-WA0012.mp4

Snowing in Aboyne. Light at the moment. Moving east. Might get a little top up from this during the next few hours.

About 7cm in Aboyne and schools closed today so kids will have some fun on boogieboards on nearby hill after home schooling.

About 7cm in Aboyne and schools closed today so kids will have some fun on boogieboards on nearby hill after home schooling. About 7cm in Aboyne and schools closed today so kids will have some fun on boogieboards on nearby hill after home schooling.

Yes that will be the "wishbone effect" I'm sick of seeing comments on from the SE bias / main thread ... TBH the main thread has been a joke for days and days with school kid behaviour at times. Pathetic childish stuff sometimes. Ensembles look good for us in Scotland. I've been keenly into weather forecasting for over 40 years now and the up and coming spell is certainly interesting given these synoptics are fairly rare.

Looks similar to 8th Dec 2010 which brought this....

Heavy snow here in Aboyne 15min ago. More to come looking at the radar.

The 528dm air disappears quickly so guess that's why they're going for rain. Sunday's a long way out though so not buying the GFS at the moment. A small correction south will keep Scotland in the Arctic air.

Great idea but the chances of getting the councils to do anything proactively are slim. Good on you for trying though. I did see the road chaos on the news this morning. Not like they didn't have warnings about a little snow. I grew up 14 miles from school west of Inverness in the countryside at altitude and I can only remember a few days off and it was proper snow that caused it (12+ inches snow) and the main schools rarely closed so kids that could make it in would go even if there were less teachers in. Changed days and I'm sure nanny state policies have put a stop to any creativity by teachers to try look out for kids education which I know they aspire to do.

Perhaps 4cm here in Aboyne. Not much new snow overnight. Schools closed. Total joke. Home office view this morning.

Aboyne 21:15 spectacular. Red alert again at 23:00.

15+c here in Aboyne today. Stepped out the home office at lunchtime and it felt like a good spring day outside. As much as I love the infrequent cold snowy days of winter, the damp rainy days we often get nowadays makes it more of a chore. Already had my fill of winter so hopefully a mild end to come.

Was doing something similar in an empty carpark near our house in the Dec cold spell. Off course our 8yr old blabber mouth did tell his ma after I said something similar.... Agree - never grow up. Winter tyres and a Golf R is the best weapon for controlled fun in the snow !!!

I've seen worse. Should see some transient snow based on these ensembles.

Thaw is on today. Good to see the back of inch thick ice under the snow we had on new years day. Bbq weather again.... Hunt is on for the next blast

Decent fall of snow here overnight. Sledging in the field close to the house this afternoon. Not quite enough for the snowboards though.

Aboyne 2min from our house on Sat before the thaw started.

If you mean 1 hr West of Aberdeen you will find plenty of spots. I'm in Aboyne approx 30 miles west and we get our share. Further west Ballater then Braemar will give you more if you can live that distance. Donside Alford area or hills close to Huntly also worth a shout. No shortage of snow in NE if you manage to get a bit of altitude. I had frozen pipes (modern house) last week after multiple sub zero days. Feb 2021 was -21c and frozen pipes again but worse then (no damage as on it quick). 40+cm lying snow Feb 2021.

Very snowy afternoon in Aboyne. More to come by the looks of it on the radar.

Looking at the 500-1000hPa charts and the slack north easterly over the next few days I'd say a few surprises might show up with the North Sea convective machine! I see plenty snow potential. Just cleared 10cm snow from driveway as expecting more overnight.

Very snowy Aboyne.

Schools closed today in Aboyne. Couple inches snow. Surprised schools closed TBH.

Good covering in Aboyne. Current view from my office. Snowing heavy at the moment.

I'd put a lot of cash on the Cairn O Mount being closed tomorrow early morning. Parts of the A90 above 500ft between Dundee and Aberdeen could also be troublesome tomorrow