Scotland Regional Discussion - Cold Spell Part 2

[Zenarcher]

A nice new fresh thread for the cold spell.

Old topic -- http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/72389-scotland-regional-discussion-cold-spell-part-1/

[Norrance]

Just dropped back down to zero here with clear skies. Max was 2.2c so icy slush still on the side roads and pavements. Not very nice.

Had a ticket for the rugby but decided to give it a miss for family reasons. Good decision now I feel. Hope the footie goes better in Edinburgh tomorrow. Models looking good for end of week and beyond. Every good direction for snow possible!

[A Winter's Tale]

Reading the London and SE Thread and it seems that the snow there isn't lying or falling much and the temperature is on the rise which seems a little strange? Even more bizzare is that there is no snow falling under the blue colours on the met office radar! A bit of a disaster really but the midlands have been hit very hard.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

[Hairy Celt]

2C and very slippery out. The ground's still very cold so ice will form in many places overnight.

[blitzen]

We had maybe 1" this morning,which turned slushy when it started sleeting. Out at the bin just now and it is solid ice everywhere. Couldn't get the bin lid up because it was frozen shut!

[Hairy Celt]

We had maybe 1" this morning,which turned slushy when it started sleeting. Out at the bin just now and it is solid ice everywhere. Couldn't get the bin lid up because it was frozen shut!

was that the rugby team you were trying to get rid of?

[Cheggers]

Still trying to digest how the worst team won, and wondering if we'll ever score a try again?

Anyhoo, just been for a dip at the local bathing establishment, and the drive over and back was interesting. May need studded tyres for the ice soon.

[edo]

Never watch rugby much but did enjoy it in a perverse way.....Scotland finding new ways to lose matches they shouldn't possibly lose is car crash viewing....was impressed with Denton if that was his name and lamont in patches but no one else stood out and no one in England team impressed me at all...from a couple of angles looked like was a try for Scotland and them other angles did not...showed how even video technology can be inconclusive...

-1.1 here and wind coming of the east....cold and dry for this week but potential....groundhog winter

[Hairy Celt]

Another one from this morning, really lurid, heavy clouds came over before the rain started.

[edo]

nice pic HC.... yer good in that photoshop :winky:

http://www.camvista....don/trafsq.php3 telephone boxin snow in trafalgar square thats just taking the hit and miss

Edited February 4, 2012 by edodfc

[A Winter's Tale]

GFS 18z isn't great for next week's easterly but I doubt that any easterly next week would have worked anyway. All eyes on Greenland.

[Cheggers]

nice pic HC.... yer good in that photoshop :winky:

http://www.camvista....don/trafsq.php3 telephone boxin snow in trafalgar square thats just taking the hit and miss

Looks very pretty, but would like to know how Heathrow are justified in the cancellation of 33% of flights tomorrow? I think the worst I have heard is 4" in the Midlands. I would hardly call it disruptive, when you see what most of East and Central Europe have had to deal with over the last few weeks.

[A Winter's Tale]

GFS 18z so far looks poor for Greenland High.

GFS 18z

GFS 12z

Not good me thinks.

[edo]

this a bit better css? nice greens in greenland... i think....potential?

[A Winter's Tale]

Not ideal but slowly but surely we may be heading in the right direction.

[edo]

Looks very pretty, but would like to know how Heathrow are justified in the cancellation of 33% of flights tomorrow? I think the worst I have heard is 4" in the Midlands. I would hardly call it disruptive, when you see what most of East and Central Europe have had to deal with over the last few weeks.

It is a joke.....imagine boston airport shut everytime it had 4 inches! bonkers decision...i watched inside gatwick and it was fascinating seeing the chaos there last year but they got a foot and to be fair invested a fortune on new equipment so be interesting to see how they fare when they get an event....not much on the news channels so guess its been fairly tame down sarf

[A Winter's Tale]

For a second I thought the zonal train was back!

[Hairy Celt]

this a bit better css? nice greens in greenland... i think....potential?

Still there, just a bit delayed.

Photshop yes, but not as much as you'd think. Lots of people were looking at the sky going 'wow man you seen the sky? wow man...' Bloody hippies.

[Cheggers]

Pub run had a lock in?

[LomondSnowstorm]

Reading the London and SE Thread and it seems that the snow there isn't lying or falling much and the temperature is on the rise which seems a little strange? Even more bizzare is that there is no snow falling under the blue colours on the met office radar! A bit of a disaster really but the midlands have been hit very hard.

My aunt lives near Birmingham and has about 3-4 inches of the stuff. Of course, pfft, we wouldn't have blinked an eyelid at depths like that last December but we've been hit by fairly severe half-pipe bans at times this year. Hopefully the shortage will end soon...

[edo]

one for you HC

[A Winter's Tale]

Pub run wasn't all that reassuring for that Greenland High. God I really hope we do get heights up there and be plunged into a long lasting, snowy freeze.

[Hairy Celt]

one for you HC

WIKID :o :angel:hello? Dumb frikin editor

Edited February 4, 2012 by Hairy Celt

[LomondSnowstorm]

Pub run wasn't all that reassuring for that Greenland High. God I really hope we do get heights up there and be plunged into a long lasting, snowy freeze.

It built the high, it just left too much residual high pressure around over the continent and sent the PV back into Greenland, neither of which look particularly plausible to me: