shuggee

February 27

Well, I just had to eh?

February 23

Roses are red

Snow drops are white

Sleeting heavy outside

Slushy like an unpleasant film of left over icepops

February 22

16 hours ago, A Winter's Tale said:

I omitted some date records which didn’t seem plausible or were recorded at a station (such as Dawyck Botanic Gardens) with questionable readings.

The date records omitted include:

13 Dec -6.0* Dawyck Botanic Garden 2022

14 Dec -8.6* Dawyck Botanic Garden 2022

I’ve excluded mountain stations such as Cairngorm Summit.

I am not 100% certain about the accuracy of all the date records but I’m confident the majority are valid.

I am 3.5 miles away and only 50m higher than Dawyck up the Tweed and my 2022 readings for those dates were:

13 Dec 2022 min -14.1C max -6.0C

14 Dec 2022 min -10.3C max -7.2C

Seem plausible to me!

February 22

Very heavy graupel shower. Tweeddale winter February 2024 update.

February 9

Snow line retreated to 300m+ now - after last night's whopping 3cms, but it's still snowing. Not enough left at 9am to make this the seventh official snow day of the season at shuggee towers, but it was the 32nd air frost at -0.1C (so only just) in an easterly gale.

February 8

I'm in Edinburgh, driving shortly, and at home it's 0.2C and snowing. A lot further north than advertised! GFS saying snow until mid afternoon tomorrow...

February 4

4 hours ago, drm said:

Has there been an update to the Netweather community layout today?

drm Yes - a new theme. If you want to change it back or choose a different theme, browse the 'themes' menu at the very bottom of the page.

February 2

Couldn't not post this selection:

Loving that temperature cliff fall at the end.

January 20

Weird ground conditions today. An inch of water/waterlogged soils on top of deeply hardened ground and unable to drain = boot and trousers mud fest. But actually walking in it not unpleasant. Drizzle 6.6°C.

And of course congratulations @Northern Strath!!

January 19

So it'll be Storm Isha! Rattling through the letters this season...

I've got an Isha story, but maybe that requires a pub chat.

January 19

A covering here too, adding to the dusting that's been on the ground since Monday, sparkling away under layers of frost. But that makes it my first snow day of the 'event' and sixth of the season. Minimum overnight of -4.0C so 28th air frost.

January 17

Currently -9.1C and falling for me. Blue skies and zero wind.

26th air frost of the season.

January 17

Currently -9.1C and falling. Car was at -11C earlier. 26th air frost of the season.

January 16

Poor old Calum on the BBC Reporting Scotland weather at lunchtime explaining that the computer models got it totally wrong for this morning. "Complex feature", is the explanation. Then proceeded to present further computer modelling for this afternoon and evening that's all a busted flush. He must be rather embarrassed as should MeteoGroup.

January 15

Sub zero all day but after an overnight low of -2.7°C in quite a wind the weather station has packed in. Cue frantic screwdriver /battery action ready for tomorrow...

January 14

Lightest of snow showers here, and only the teeniest of dustings above 300m. But it's a start!

January 12

A bit further ahead - but consistently showing although max temps do stray around -1C-+1C run to run.

January 10

06z GFS suggesting that rarest of beasts - a polar low at T+192 onwards sinking south over the west coast. Quite the turn around from yesterday's doom and gloom (in the other thread).

On the analysis of northerlies, my experience is it depends on the longevity. A 36 hour 'cold blast' means showers to the north only. But if a northerly becomes embedded and stays around for 3 days+ anything can happen anywhere - as with late Nov 2023.

January 9

1 hour ago, jon_d1983 said:

Ahhhh but it’s only -8c uppers pushing in to this small island!! We need -16 for anything to be called winter now apparently

-8°C uppers is the threshold for lying snow In Leith. Tell em that'll do!

2 hours ago, Ravelin said:

Can't see much evidence of this outside just now, phantom snow?

Opposite here - nowt on the radar and steady snow outside. Husband went for a fag, waited until he sat down then calmly 'mentioned' it was snowing and lying

January 9

Temp hovered between 0.2C and -0.2C overnight, with a slight breeze and this morning everything is bone dry and crackly. Obviously still areas of fields with standing (frozen) water, but all the wet dampness that has been apparent for weeks has gone. That's my twenty second air frost too!

January 7

Stunning winter's day. Max of -0.5°C, fields out by Stobo village crunchy and solid even in spots that would otherwise require a pair of wellies!

January 7

Twentieth air frost of the season at -4.9°C. Absolutely everything coated in freezer burn-style ice.

December 31, 2023

Yesterday's fun in Peebles. Nothing at home.

December 15, 2023

Just a shame it's a potential warming on the other side of the planet Big Gally!

Still, I do very well out of strong showery cold NW'lys that crushed PV might just deliver that... And I think Glasgow does too!

December 7, 2023

No air frost last night, but 1C and a developing southerly down the Tweed valley, which amplifies it quite a bit, meant it was bloody freezing! Snow level at dawn around 400m, so white tops just now and with heavy rain later the river system is going to busy.

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