NorthYorksWeather

January 15

Met Office have upgraded the temps for here the next couple of nights now going for -13°C. Heck not experienced that since February 2021.

January 15

Hellfire it’s plummeting out there tonight, already -5.8°C. Met office forecasting a low of -4°C tonight so that’s already gone to pot.

January 15

24 minutes ago, Scottish-Irish Skier said:

I'm originally fae Carrbridge. If you love snaw, it has it's own wee microclimate. Often you are buried there, then when you get to Aviemore there's noticeably less. On to Kingussie and there's none!

More exposed to the North, but also to the west due to the Dulnain valley extending that direction while Aviemore maybe.

I can heartily recommend the Cairn Hotel in Carrbridge for a pint, pub lunch and game of pool.

The wee dug in front there had a problem ball joint on the back leg when young - kept dislocating. So they removed the ball as she's got 4 legs and the muscle just develops to cope without. But because she could not put normal full weight on it, she developed her own walk where she puts both paws on one side forward, then the same with the other. Sort of like when we climb a latter, but she does it on the level. Ergo has a funny wee waddle. Bless.

Been to Cairn Hotel few years back when I met up with me pal Lee from Highland Weather. I actually called into Carrbridge today on way back while bairn wer napping to take a photo of his house as he’s currently in Australia and not back till this Saturday.

January 15

Another snow showing nipping through Dalwhinnie. Looks like plenty more snow chances over the coming days.

Currently -3.2°C with a dew of -6.0°C

January 15

Nice trip up to Loch Morlich wi bairn this aft, first time seeing it frozen and little un enjoyed the heard of ducks. Copped a nice shower on way home turns out the Monadhliath Mountains allowed a couple of showers across on VIP pass, another cm or 2 back in the village.

Todays max was -1.9°C and already down at -3.0°C

January 15

Morning from Dalwhinnie. A low of -4.6°C overnight, currently -4.1°C with a dew point of -8.1°C. All quiet at the moment mountains doing their job blocking any showers. Heading to Aviemore area today maybe a walk near Loch Morlich from Glenmore.

January 14

6 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

You're exactly how i was when i moved up here... its magical isn't it..

I’ve been coming to Scotland on and off in winter since 2013 but never had a proper snowy week, had the odd bit here n there but this week I’ve hit the jackpot. I’m quite lucky that where I live and work in North Yorkshire I see quite a lot of snow every winter but true winter conditions in the Highlands has always been the holy grail for me.

January 14

5 minutes ago, johncam said:

You having a ball mate

I am indeed mate it’s absolutely sharting it down out there now. Just realised if I ran outside I set the security light off so I can watch it snaw.

January 14

Shower actually seems to of pepped up significantly since crossing the mountains. Footprints in front garden nearly covered now.

January 14

A light shower has made it across.

January 14

Just been out for a drive to Newtonmore as only gone and bloody forgot toothpaste. Some light flurries kicking about but mainly dry and cloudy.
Back in Dalwhinnie it’s -1.3°C with a dew of -5.0°C, few showers about but not sure they will make it over the Monadhliath mountains before fizzling out.
Fire is roaring, cans of Stella are flowing and feet up watching the Masters snooker, cracking start to holiday.

January 14

Bit of a bodge job as don’t think the cottage owners would have appreciated me drilling a bracket into their swing so cable ties it is. All up and running on weather underground here’s the link.

Oops! There's been an error | Weather Underground

WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM

January 14

Hellish fresh in Dalwhinnie. Arrived at the house, car unpacked and fire lit, next job is to set the weather station up.

January 14

5 and half hours drive and I’ve arrived in Dalwhinnie. Car says -1.5°C and there’s a fresh dusting of snow. Met office have a snow warning out for every day this week here, let the fun begin.

January 13

A quick look at the shower distribution over the next 24 hours. Looks like streamers setting up and they moving around a bit, NMM model does show them making good progress inland so will be interesting to see how it plays out.

January 13

As Sunday and Saturday are travelling days for me I thought I’d see the latest forecast for the 5 full days I have whilst in Dalwhinnie. Pleased to see the -12°C is back on the cards, although looks like finally getting above freezing on Friday…. That’s a light jumper weather in North Yorkshire

January 13

1 hour ago, M1245 said:

Was it the ECM that wasn’t showing it hitting the central belt in earlier runs?

Yes it had moved further north compared to recent runs.

Worth noting there is also an area of low pressure off the NE coast at 96 hours. Possible polar low with such cold air and low thicknesses?

January 13

ECM has the small area of low pressure moving through the central belt on Tuesday. Some places could see a fair dumping if the track stays the same.

January 13

4 minutes ago, Big Gally said:

Icon gives us 2 shots at snow on Tuesday now! First one arriving rush hour and the next coming in around 19:00. Bring it on!

Yes just saw that. Here’s the GIF

January 13

1 hour ago, Big Gally said:

It is still going to feel raw. The temps still showing -3. I also think the gfs has the low nailed on. It has picked up signals before most models recently. The icon has started to side with the gfs. Hopefully things flip back to cold before next weekend.

Indeed. -13 850hpa temps lingering off the North coast. Really is going to feel Baltic.

January 13

2 minutes ago, johncam said:

We have went from-6 to -2 and no ice days now , aw well mabye next time

I think the one of the issues for low minimas this week is the wind doesn’t look like it will let up. Ideally you’d want light winds under slack flow with snow cover on ground which doesn’t look likely as it stands.

January 13

6 minutes ago, johncam said:

Have notice the met office temps seem to be getting watered down in our area , just general winter fair.

Yes Dalwhinnie now showing -9 instead of -12c. Almost cancelled the holiday when I saw that! The snow symbols always seem to become less and less. Thankfully the computer generated apps are useless in a convective flow from experience from back home with snow showers moving off the North Sea.

January 13

Further to my above post the 6z NMM is out and shows a similar track to the 0z.

Possibly too far south for me in Dalwhinnie but could go either way.

Worth noting that the UKM model has this feature quite a bit further south in northern England.

January 13

Re Tuesday feature it’s now within the range of some of the Hi Res models. The NMM 0.05° goes out to 72 hours so just about picking up on precip for Tuesday.

The 6z is due out shortly so will see if any north/south adjustments are made.

The NMM also has the 2k resolution model which goes to 36 hours and you can zoom right into Scotland. At 32 hours you can see the convective streams of showers for tomorrow afternoon across northern areas.

January 13

Re Tuesday feature it’s now within the range of some of the Hi Res models. The NMM 0.05° goes out to 72 hours so just about picking up on precip for Tuesday.

The 6z is due out shortly so will see if any north/south adjustments are made.

The NMM also has the 2k resolution model which goes to 36 hours and you can zoom right into Scotland. At 32 hours you can see the convective streams of showers for tomorrow afternoon across northern areas.

Sign In

Forums

Blogs

Gallery

Events

Learn About Weather and Meteorology

Community guides

Posts posted by NorthYorksWeather