[Today's Weather And General Chat]

Dry and clear, -2C...

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 3]

Just seen 2 toddlers being dragged down the road on 2 plastic sledges. Pathetic sight though, at street level its a couple of millimetres of melting greying slush :lol:

That reminds of the day I saw some goon hosing snow off his driveway. It was -10C!!

[Snow Depths]

Long time no see MCS...How the devils is the yous???

Merrys chrstmases!!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 3]

Dry and partly cloudy, -1C...No sign of any snow showers???

[Midlands Cold Spell Discussion]

New thread coming soon, peeps...

New thread coming soon, peeps...

Closing this one now...

[Midlands Cold Spell Discussion]

Here goes. A new one.

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 3]

Very sharp back-edge clearance approaching, and the mountains look fantastic!

Just a matter of waiting for any showers, always a bit hit-and-miss... :lol:

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Closing this thread very shortly...A new one coming! :lol:

Closing this thread very shortly...A new one coming! :lol:

Closing now...

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 3]

Off we go again... :lol:

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Heavier now in Aberdeen & it is definitely snow!!

I'd guess it'll stay snow over there, too; the cold air'll dig-in very quickly? :lol:

My temperature is dropping nicely here is a graph from my weather station showing the temp drop over the last hour,

You could a a bit of a dumping over there, tonight... :lol:

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

Cold with light snow and a fresh NNW wind, 1C...

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

I'm about 20 miles North of Inverness, and more or less sea level.

We got about 30 minute sof light rain before it turned to sleet then snow.

The ground was wet obviously before the snow arrived, the snow took a further 30 minutes or so before it bagan to settle on the grass, and has now started ot settle on the pavements/tops of cars.

Roads still clear although starting to turn slushy.

While I mormally like the snow, I could do without it today as the football is probably in doubt if it continues for a few hours !

Still got the snow, TJL???

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

You know it - guess what they have just done?

The main action for Inverness shouldn't start for another half hour or so judging by the models, radars etc. The coldest upper air temperatures don't dig in until then either.

Right on cue!!!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

nein, nein, n'westerly's no good, it always misses here!! Keep it in the north.

Off out to play for the day now, hopefully land a snowball or 2 on a few mithering family squarkers...

Have a good snowball fight!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

A few surfaces are still slushy after the giant flakes turned things a little white...Anyhoo, the snow's getting drier - it's not sticking to the glass anymore...We live in hope!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Temperatures in Inverness are now 1'C with 0'C dewpoint, so it's all good for the upcoming snow

A big improvement...Now, we just need the wind to back NW rather than stay North???

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Now it's back to sleet!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

give it a couple of hours and the temp should drop - but whether it'll be low enough for snow at sea level is doubtful.

If it lasts that long???

Now it's a blizzard!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Torrential sleety rain has arrived...5-10cm predicted!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

Is it just me or is the wind direction (i.e. more or less Northerly) allowing the cold air to undercut the precip to a certain extent??? This may mean it stays as snow even towards the west?? If anyone has NW radar you can put on the 850hpa wind vectors and they are Northerly direct into the precip. Surely this will allow for a greater chance of snow?

Any ideas???

That would be my guess too...there's a wall of precip not too far from here...Light rain in the wind...

[General Model Output Discussion]

Maybe slightly OT?? But (if I remember correctly?) the White Xmas of 1968 was 'marginal' meteorologically...I recall heavy rain turn through sleet into a right dumping over a period of several hours...I think that the precip started at about 4C or so?? It can happen!

[Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 2]

And (interestingly?) there's ice forming on the railway sleepers...

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

Partly cloudy and getting quite windy, 2C...

[Winter Forecast Bust]

It seems like your forecast has gone the same way as my (unpublished) thoughts. I'd fully expected mildness...

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

Thanks for that, John...I'm guessing that it'll start as sleet or rain but might later turn to snow as the colder air digs in behind...I'm hoping so, anyway!