Sceptical

January 21

The wind is beginning to howl, lights starting to flicker and the wind speeds are nowhere near what's being forecast later.

January 18

2 minutes ago, johncam said:

Well the games a bogey for this cold spell , hopefully see the snow before winters end but not holding my breath.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see further cold and snow during February and March this year.

January 18

Tulloch Bridge Highlands -13.6c provisional temperature overnight.

January 18

6 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

Aye, don't mind if it's just the afternoon for a few hours - daughter has study to do anyway. Road conditions and how things look in the morning will determine things I guess.

Will be busy come the weekend that's for sure.

I can see both the Lecht and Glenshee being shut on Sunday due to high winds and drifting snow. Saturday is going to be manic! Hopefully you get up Friday

Inland is definitely getting the goods this afternoon.

January 18

5 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

So, thinking about some skiing tomorrow with min Miss SS who's on study leave. Lecht or Glenshee.

The Lecht seems to have opened up more lifts beyond the wee beginners area, but still think Glenshee looks better in terms of open terrain. By tomorrow could be more. Both are getting mair snaw (not the poster that is).

Anyone any very recent experience?

Upper Deeside and Donside are expecting significant snow today and overnight. Might be delays in opening tomorrow.

January 18

Snow depths have increased a fair bit from yesterday. Probably a good time to measure before the forecast rain tomorrow. At the north side of the house, where the drifting is more noticeable, it's over 30cm.

January 18

Access up to the house now requires 4wd, some of the neighbours have left their cars at the bottom of the hill and walked up. Fresh snow on hard packed ice is causing issues.

The lower roads are still in reasonable condition:

January 18

The car was booked in for its MOT today over Lumsden and the commute was interesting. Cars struggling to get up fairly modest uphill sections.

The roads around Alford and heading inland are not great. Looks like 10cm of fresh overnight, temperatures not that bad, -7c noted around Whitehouse.

Looks like a busy day clearing up at the Lecht.

January 18

A fair dump of snow last night and a temporary power cut.

January 17

The uninterrupted sunshine and westerly winds have fairly softened up the packed snow and ice. The central heating was last on at 0700 yet the inside temperature is 18.5c. With the onset of darkness and lower temperatures, the roads might be tricky later on.

January 17

Dalwhinnie provisional temperature -14c according to the MO.

UK weather: -14C temperatures with snow and ice warnings in place

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

Arctic air brings sub-zero temperatures to the UK, with amber and yellow warnings issued in parts.

January 17

UK weather: -14C temperatures with snow and ice warnings in place

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

Arctic air has brought sub-zero temperatures to the UK, with numerous yellow warnings in place for Wednesday.

January 17

A cold bright start, car display showing -6.5c on the commute. Further 3cm of snow overnight.

January 16

The councils relaxed approached to gritting has continued today. Westhill Starbucks drive through was shut because of 3 inches of snow .

January 16

7 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

Think it was 11th Feb 2021 Alford recorded -23.3 in the morning.. @Sceptical would know best as he is always the one with the car dashboard pictures when its cold..

That's correct although the car, was showing around -25c. The Met takes temperature measurements at 1.5 meters, while typically a cars RTD is around 300mm. That mostly explains the difference.

The coldest UK temperature I've seen was back on the 4th January 2010. The car was showing-25.6c at Whitehouse Alford.

January 15

27 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

I have one, came with the house. Got it up and running 2 years ago with a bit of effort as it obviously hadn't been used for a while, during the second Covid lockdown when I had time to tinker? To be honest unless the snow is really deep it's not worth the hassle, quicker shovelling. It's also only any good if the snow is fairly dry, at all wet and it just clogs the chute constantly. So like yours did, it sits gathering dust in the garage except for exceptional circumstances.

Max here so far for the day has been -1.7C, currently -2.1C, but doesn't really feel very cold at all unless you are in a blustery snow shower.

Heavy wet snow kills a snowblower and anything under a foot, mine had a fit. Fortunately, the snow in 09/10 and 10/11 was powder. I've lived here 20 years and the only other times it would've come in handy would be 04/05 and 20/21. Nowadays a shovel is all you need.

January 15

19 minutes ago, skifreak said:

Isn’t there a snowblower available for hire on this thread?

I bought a snowblower back in 2009 after I got fed up of shovelling snow non stop. The machine was great, it could cut a path 24" wide and was smashing through 2 feet of snow no problem at walking pace. After the winter of 2010/11 it sat gathering dust in the garage before the gardener bought it around 2016. Thinking I should have held onto it

January 15

Couple of videos showing conditions at one of the high points in the valley.

January 15

16 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

Absolute blizzard conditions now.. the kids have had a brilliant time out at the field..

Dog walked in sunshine, a cracking day.

At times approaching blizzard conditions over here. Thankfully no sustained 30 mph winds or it would be chaos.

January 15

In between the heavy snow showers, the occasional burst of sunshine.

January 15

Beginning to regret my decision to clear the drive based on the Met Office app

January 15

A brighter and calmer day so far. Absolute doddle clearing the drive and paths as the snow is powder and super light. Local farmer made short work of the road although a gritter is required. With the snow in place, you'd fancy the lowest temperature of winter so far to be set over the coming days.

January 15

Not much sleep thanks to the wind!

Had a look outside, difficult to know if it's snowing or just snow being blown around by the wind. Snow depths are roughly the same as when I got home around 8pm last night.

The Met Office app shows a risk of light snow until around 8pm today. After that, generally cold and dry until the milder weather arrives over the weekend. That doesn't tie in with the yellow warnings for snow and ice from now until Thursday.

Slight drifting around parts of the house and garage. I'll measure the snow depth later but it looks around 2-3 inches.

January 14

Starting to see issues locally with drifting. The commute tomorrow might be chaos.

January 14

This is more like it now:

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