scotland Scotland Regional Discussion - 29/11/2013 ---->

[Cheggers]

yip next to the smelly bit then a mile after Arnold Clark .7 cars then 5 cars thought I was on a go cart track this morning

That'll be Arnold Clark with new stock then. 

Starting to blow a wee bit now, but hope to be asleep for the main event.

Edited December 4, 2013 by Cheggers

[Hairy Celt]

 

It's already pretty blawy here and the wind is roarin through the trees oot the back, so it's gettin noisy

Feelin a bit chillier noo 

 

Big Innes 

 

 

Oh aye!

MT = Winters Over 

Sounds like a mathematical equation 

 

FAF.... I think the equation is trolls x attention seekers x people who dont understand models but pretend to x negative people x about 10 sane voices = visit the scottish thread instead

 

yay... and i'll raise you: (your answer) x population of england / population of scotland to get the fuller picture of the problem.

 

seems to be only after midnight that the wind really picks up... i'm needing my bed soon so will miss the fun unless i get woken by the old cheggers standby - wheelie bins hacking down the street, which may happen as it was bin day and there's a couple still out on the street! 

That'll be Arnold Clark with new stock then. 

Starting to blow a wee bit now, but hope to be asleep for the main event.

Arnold Shark, as he's more commonly know here. They wouldn't sell go-karts, they're too useful and upmarket.

[Soaring Hawk]

I'm expecting you all to be reporting in from Norway tomorrow.  I'm glad I don't have to do the old commute up over Fenwick and Eaglesham Moors to work.   I sincerely hope none of you experience damage - and stay safe if you have to go out in the morning. Will be thinking of you all.....

[jon_d1983]

Just been out with the dog, marked drop in temp from earlier and clear skies again. Wind is just a breeze though. Hoping it won't be too windy/wet for wsliking pooch in morning.

[aggy]

Just been out it's blowing a hooly already not looking forward to going home at 8am and finding my fence on the ground

[BleakMidwinter]

It's blawin' a hooley in Embra Sth, and splatty steady rain too. That looks like one heck of a drop - been 1020s for so long I'd forgotten it went to 980s… word for the day, Thursday, is 'bombogenesis', swiftly followed by 'Jings!' and 'ut's u trampuleeeeen!'After two years of passing on *accurate* weather info from this thread to friends and family, finally three friends have all contacted me re tomorrow's forecast, which is nice. They've finally noticed this thread is more reliable than the forecasts elsewhere… as a result of whihc one who had to get a ferry tomorrow morning to a Western Isle has gone today instead, one driving from Brum to NE England first thing tomorrow is leaving it til afternoon and one who was taking his new motorbike out for a spin to work in the Central Belt is going to footslog and train instead… thanks, everyone here! 

[edo]

lol hc all fair points

 

just realised its blue bin day tomorrow.....excellent the bins with the lightest load...

 

have weighed trampoline down with slabs......that sucker aint going anyplace as already on trampoline 3 since 2010

[lorenzo]

Fax updated within the last hour, a true Northerly.

[edo]

wow thats a long fetch northerly...hopefully some see convection from that.... going to be extremes from storm to snow for some baltic for all and the double figures by sunday potentially in scottish areas....gotta love weather

 

main weather on BBC said significant snow showers from the northerly 

[pleasesnownow]

Very windy n pouring with rain here just now, n that's just the start if it ☔

[Cheggers]

Off oot with the dug for last time tonight, weighted boots, but no umbrella, that would be asking for it.

Edited December 4, 2013 by Cheggers

[abrown0007]

Storm alarm just went off on watch here in Westhill. Only ever been wrong once and it always means if you look out the window it will be howling and possibly raining also so here we go.

[abrown0007]

Watching XC weather and the arrows are getting larger and larger coming in from the West. Also watching "Will It Rain" and big clouds heading in fro West too. Pity its nearly bedtime.

[edo]

Watching XC weather and the arrows are getting larger and larger coming in from the West. Also watching "Will It Rain" and big clouds heading in fro West too. Pity its nearly bedtime.

 

ach the nights young....ive got blinds open to look out at the weather, match of the day just starting on sky plus and a couple of chilled millers.....meetings all day tomorrow so will just have caffeine overload

[Hairy Celt]

ach the nights young....ive got blinds open to look out at the weather, match of the day just starting on sky plus and a couple of chilled millers.....meetings all day tomorrow so will just have caffeine overload

Snap... was supposed to get another early night but the lure of gentle housework and uninterrupted internet access is too much. Apart from gaming young HC in the next room taking all the bandwidth so plenty of websites out of reach. kudos to NW for making the site so easy to browse. Ach well there's always a lamp-post - now functioning - to peer at through the rain.

 

Have to say that wind isn't picking up as expected...

Off oot with the dug for last time tonight, weighted boots, but no umbrella, that would be asking for it.

Wot breed of dug is that...? the damage a pooch could do with weighted boots and an umbrella is stretching my addled brain...

Edited December 5, 2013 by Hairy Celt

[BleakMidwinter]

No lamp-post here as I'm upstairs, but I don't need to look to tell that the wind's fair getting up. This could yet be one of the couple of nights a year I end up fleeing downstairs to sleep in the small hours as this attic room, exposed on south and west sides, starts to shake as the wind slams into it… All the things that get rattled in the wind inside the room are being rattled, and that's with all the work I did the last two years on re-plastering and re-puttying and so on… It will be interesting to see the dawn - tempted to set alarm early, but 6.40 will be plenty early enough,,, STAY SAFE, everyone...

[GulberwickWeather]

The reason I'm up at this time of the morning is I've just been woken by a pretty severe thunderstorm and strong gusts of wind as the centre of the low passes over here. Some fairly dramatic pressure drops of over 18hPa/hr currently at 977.2hPa. This is slowing down now as the low and its associated line of thunderstorms and squalls moves away east. The wind should veer NW fairly soon and start to increase markedly. Top gust during the squalls was 55kts=63mph. Had everything from rain, hail sleet and wet snow. Temp shot up to around 6C but is falling back quickly now at 4.5C.

[Ross B]

First proper storm in the new house, wide awake now as its very exposed to the strong winds in the central belt! Unfortunately my anemometer broke during the move so no idea what the local wind speed is other than strong...

[chubbyfan]

according to the met office observations, somewhere in Scotland had a wind gust of 82mph already.

[chubbyfan]

92mph altnaharra

93mph glen ogle...gusts, not average speed.

Edited December 5, 2013 by chubbyfan

[Northernlights]

Very wild morning here with torrential showers of rain/hail,gusty wind and loud thunder and lightning. Currently  5c. Radar looks interesting

[Polar Bear]

Morning all, in case you didn't know what was happening.. Ie didn't look outside here is a bbc live updates re the storm.. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25227714

Am sure you are all being sensible as you are all more used to high winds than here darn sarf but stay safe..

Pb

[GulberwickWeather]

Wind now NW and increasing, temp dropping like a stone, was 6C at 4am this morning now 1.9C and falling at the rate of 2.7C/hr. Already gusting Gale 8.

[BleakMidwinter]

Forth Road Bridge just tweeted 78mph gusts apparently...Dark, wild, windy, wet… no weather station here, but I'll go with "I'm staying in as long as possible today!" as my report from Suburban Sth Embra!

[Mesosphere]

Insanely windy here ATM, wind has been battering the side of the house since the early hours

Edit: lights flickering every so often

Edited December 5, 2013 by Mesosphere