Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 8

[igloo]

was rain and sleet down here slight thaw was on the temps are starting to drop but the problem is with 10 inches of snow compacted on to the pavements and roads its solid ice and once it freezes tonight i can see casualty being bizzy tomorrow with broken limbs

[Cheggers]

Readily turning to snow here, nice big flakes.

[Highland Snow]

Perth Temp. now -3.4C Dew Point -4.1 this has to fall as snow uppers or no uppers.

[thejailender]

Totally dry with us up here today. Although the cold is more the problem.

The current temperature I'm recording is -7.6'C, and as I said earlier top temperature today was -3.6'C.

Getting quite bored of it all now, especially since we only have the cold and not much in the way of further snow activity - plenty of settled snow (frozen solid now).

I'd be quite happy if the temperatures were rise a bit as long as we got snow.

[snow1975]

1.2C, light rain.

[blitzen]

What a pity! that could've been quite a dumping.

[Snowlover2]

SNOWINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Edited December 26, 2009 by Snowlover2

[LadyPakal]

It's perishin' here tonight... Plus it didn't get above -2 all day. Our 'milder spell' (+3 or thereabouts) seems to have come and gone.

I see we have some warnings out now that weren't there earlier, for widesread icy roads - considering it has been below freezing from yesterday (maybe even the day before, can't remember now - too much vodka yesterday) to now I'd say that was a bit 'stable doors, horses gone'ish

Edited December 26, 2009 by LadyPakal

[Mondy]

Damn.

That non-white wet stuff is back

[Snowlover2]

ok i need to re-phrase what i just wrote.

SLEETINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Cheggers]

Mondy, hold tight snow is coming, whiteout here, (top of high bonybridge) minor thaw being toped up nicely

Edited December 26, 2009 by Cheggers

[Highland Snow]

Dunblane still getting a dumping.

[Norrance]

1.2C, light rain.

Leuchars, not that far North from you was still showing -4.1C at 2200. Quite a difference. We are up a fraction at -3.1Cnow with cloud thickening.

[scottishandy]

Yep it is. In reply to Highland snow. Unless they are here and were already stating fact.

Edited December 26, 2009 by scottishandy

[Snowplough33]

Leuchars, not that far North from you was still showing -4.1C at 2200. Quite a difference. We are up a fraction at -3.1Cnow with cloud thickening.

Its not far away now

[Guest]

;) :) ;)

For some unknown reason it is now snowing here again. How has that happened??

Edit: And for anyone waiting for this snow, wait until you see the size of the flakes. If they are half the size they were here earlier you are in for a treat. It turned into prawn cracker snow for a while here :lol:

Edited December 26, 2009 by CatchMyDrift

[Mondy]

Mondy, hold tight snow is coming, whiteout here, (top of high bonybridge) minor thaw being toped up nicely

Holding tight :-)

[Hiya]

That's me back from deepest darkest Stirlingshire. That band of snow this afternoon covered all the brown horrible stuff just nicely and didn't cause too many problems on my drive across.

When I left about 2 hours ago it was raining but this band coming in is knife-edge maginal. It is nearly here but I'm expecting rain. Shame, if the T850's were 1C lower I think we'd be seeing something much fluffier.

[snowy owl]

Yeuch raining... no sleetingggg here.

Very unfortunate just on the wrong side of temps here i think!

[Highland Snow]

Started snowing in Perth. Temp. -3.3C, DP -3.9C.

[Mondy]

Sleet

[Guest]

When I left about 2 hours ago it was raining but this band coming in is knife-edge maginal. It is nearly here but I'm expecting rain. Shame, if the T850's were 1C lower I think we'd be seeing something much fluffier.

I have snow now with 850s of between -3C and -3.3C (according to the overlay on NW Radar). So do not be disheartened by what the 850s are doing. You may have enough surface cold to allow snow to fall.

Edit: For anyone with horrible sleet just now, my snow started off as rain earlier....

Edited December 26, 2009 by CatchMyDrift

[sammie]

snow here =] were getting a lovely dumping. blooming cold outside the door was frozen shut when I went outside for a cig!

[Highland Snow]

Powdery big flakes of snow, the best kind.:lol:

[Mondy]

Did sleet -

- looks like a poor excuse of either proper snow or plain rain - think it's undecided :lol: