David H

Surprising Ayrs not got anything. Been quite heavy graupel here, left about 1 to 2 cm. Golf course heaving with kids sledging. That’s a few times it’s snowed in Troon this winter. Maybe not much but snow nonetheless.

Long time just reading all the chat in here. Great reading all the banter lol. Seems Skelmorlie has even been hit with the easterly along with south of Glasgow and Johnstone. We had sugar icing yesterday and that’s it. You just know that Saturday is going to have the fateful too marginal!

?? feel for you, a westerly gives nothing. Tomorrow you’ll be singing or sledging

What’s going on!!!! Troon’s sleety pish maker is broken ? It’s making snaw, about and inch and half. Need to get it fixed, not used to snow on the beach - new cocktail called for lol

That’s made my night, love these cold sleety p*shy events. See living at the coast has its benefits lol

Watch your hopes, it’s on and off rain here for the past half hour. Not even a sleety mix! Sod’s law.

Yeah bring on the Thundersnow, Thundersleet, Thunder and rain, rain, horizontal dreich lol. Dont you just love being beside the seaside

Don’t you just love the sound of sleety rain hitting the window. Almost as good as reading the cultured debates of a slider low not being fair, you’d think it is controlled by remote lol

Hi, dont post much but just want to ask a question. Is there a wee feature to the North West heading our way. From the sat pictures it looks like its spinning with a defined centre - nothing on the fax charts http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

Hi all. I was wondering if anyone still uses the met office desktop widget, see my post in the techie forum. cheers http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80109-met-office-desktop-widget/

Had to laugh this morning. The words atrocious, bizzards, 100mph winds were used this morning but don't worry the met office have issued a yellow warning. Maybe if they included the words freezing, hell and over they might have upped it to amber. Lovely breezy day here this morning, odd heavy rain/sleet shower

See the bare wee bit to the south west, thats me it is thats me woo hoo Can't wait, cold rain, yee bl***y ha

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html Check out the Scottish defence of the frontal assault. You can see the front bend so clear when it hits

Is it me or is the band (accordinging to raintoday) further East at this time. It shows the rain into S.Ireland whereas the models show it still in the atlantic.

I always think a topic is best suited for the cold weather. But saying that its dark and dank this morning

Can someone help me there seems to be an unusual weather event happening here. I'm looking out the window at work and the trees aren't moving - is this not strange Also there are hardly any clouds in the sky - again is this unusual And finally theres a big yellow round cloud thats so bright - surely this can't be a cloud, what could it be.

Heavy snow just now here in Irvine, very unexpected

Hurricane Bawbag update: a plant pot has been blown over in Airdrie.One onlooker describes the horrific scene,'it pure went sideways n that'

Wind Station on Fairlie Crane, Ayrshire Last 10 minutes average wind speed = 58.51mph Last 10 minutes maximum wind speed = 82.2mph

Wind Station on Fairlie Crane, Ayrshire (this is the tall crane located at Fairlie pier and is an automated phone line with continuous updates) Last minutes current average wind speed = 74.3mph Last minutes maximum wind speed = 81.1mph

Wind Station on Fairlie Crane, Ayrshire Last minutes current average wind speed = 56.33mph Last minutes maximum wind speed = 63.8mph

Although the thought of strong winds hitting SW Scotland sounds appealing, we don't want another one of these, especially with leaves still on trees along with soggy ground !!!!!!

even larger teapot II; The polar revenge. Either that or its the recession and the jetstream can't afford to put the heater on. Trying to get table salt just now is murder. I don't want salt for the footway I need it for my chips, our two year supply ran out last week. We could always go and borrow salt from mcdonalds. "spend as little as possible" = stretch the limited resources as far as possible

What I'm saying is that yes they do mine constantly throughout the year and stockpile it, but you can only stockpile so much. When demand inceases like it has just now that stockpile rapidly diminishes to meet the massive demand. Once that stockpile goes then it goes directly from mining to customer. I wonder how much plant and machinery is required just now to meet the demand. As for the council tax going up it wasn't rubbish, you misunderstood. If the councils had to buy more plows, plant and employee more staff to be ready for this type of event in the future then all this would have to be paid for. As for grit bins, how many would you need, how many people would need to be employed to keep them stocked. Do you use the rapidly diminishing salt stocks to fill grit bins or keep the main roads clear. In an ideal world you could do all that, you could have hundreds of plows, hundreds of vehicles, thousands of tons of salt stockpiled but it all costs money - and then it rains all winter ! As you know 1963 was a world away, times have changed everyone wants things done for them instead of doing it for themselves. How may people have cleared the footway in front of their own house just now.

A couple of points here about gritting. First if anyone can find a salt supplier let the Councils know. You have every single council asking for salt from suppliers. We're told that the suppliers stock pile has run out and any salt supplied now is directly mined and loaded into boats. You have to have the plant machinery and personel to mine it 24/7. Its been 3 weeks of constant mining. Obviously salt at the suppliers can't be stockpiled. Secondly, if the Councils do get salt, how do you spread it when the vehicles and staff have been working round the clock. Drivers are only allowed to drive for a certain length of time. One point to mention is that all other road related works have stopped. All the potholes still require filling and water, freezing and roads do not mix well. I know they're trying their best, but as always the best is never enough for some folk. There's been colder spells but its the length of the spell. Do the Councils keep equipment and staff to cope with a one in 30 year event. Council tax would go up, what an uproar.