mistyqueen Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Isle of Skye, 14m/49ft above sea level Weather Preferences: Storms, wild! wild! wild! Frost, a wee bit o' sun.... Location: Isle of Skye, 14m/49ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 As promised a couple of days ago, here's some photos taken at Sandend Bay (Moray coast between Portsoy & Cullen) on Saturday afternoon. A glorious day if well wrapped up. Surfers in Scotland are what you could call hardcore! Edit : Pictures are a little on the large size if you click on them. Maybe I should have re-sized them but it took me long enough to get the links to them on Google Drive set up properly. How'd you get a series of pictures on here like some manage, where once you've clicked on one picture you get a 'Prev' 'Next' option to go through them? One of my favourite parts of Auld Scotia! Been raining here, clearing now, temp 5.6 and I have more chance of seeing pink heffalumps flying than I do of seeing snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrance Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Dundee Weather Preferences: Snow, thunderstorms, gales. All extremes except humidity. Location: Dundee Share Posted January 13, 2014 Fair here at 3.8C with virtually no breeze. An icy start as last nights rain froze in the early morning. You know the ice that is really difficult to get off the windscreen. A layer of frozen snow up at my mums this morning in Aberfeldy gives them another snow lying day at 9AM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernlights Posted January 13, 2014 Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl Location: N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl Share Posted January 13, 2014 Well living in a draughty non double glazed farmhouse(tenant farmer) I am really pleased to have lost the windchill factor recently Photo of frosted farmhouse window from the inversion cold of -11c of late December 2008 Today dawned with a frost coming in at dawn with a glorious sunny start to the day . Currently 2c with a frost in shaded areas on the ground. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawesy Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Home: Glenrothes, Fife Work: St Andrews, Fife Location: Home: Glenrothes, Fife Work: St Andrews, Fife Share Posted January 13, 2014 Lovely day again in NE Fife. 6c with good sunny spells. I know most of us are looking for snow but I have to say the last week or so has been very pleasant over here: decent spells of sunshine and very little rainfall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravelin Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Tullynessle/Westhill Weather Preferences: Cold and snowy or warm and dry Location: Tullynessle/Westhill Share Posted January 13, 2014 I know most of us are looking for snow but I have to say the last week or so has been very pleasant over here: decent spells of sunshine and very little rainfall. I'd agree. In the absence of snow I'll take cold, bright and dry any day and the 0.2mm that fell last night is the first rain my gauge has registered in over a week now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spindrift1980 Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Motherwell, Lanarkshire Location: Motherwell, Lanarkshire Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 Got a snow fix yesterday on Ben Vorlich, above Loch Earn. Plenty of snow cover on the higher hills. Crampons necessary to reach the top of Ben Vorlich in the opinion of any sane person (not that this stopped some people who had neither crampons nor ice axe)! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November13 Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Maddiston , Falkirk, Scotland 390ft above sea level Location: Maddiston , Falkirk, Scotland 390ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 I went skiing at Glencoe Saturday depth of snow is trememndous. Then stayed at the Fort hoping to ski at Nevis. the wind put a stop to that. Drove to Cairngorm and did an afternoon ski. However the conditions could not have been more different. In fact awful just ice with loose snow geting thrown around in the wind. Cairngorm has not had a good dump of snow for at least a few weeks. They may have got some last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow1975 Posted January 13, 2014 Location: LEVEN, Fife Weather Preferences: snow, thunderstorms and extremes Location: LEVEN, Fife Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) The present weather has gone stale. Some charts from the GFS 12z. Some very interesting charts appearing in FI with increasing zonal activity. Cold air digging in behind the lows is likely to bring wintry showers with plenty snow for the ski centres. Edited January 13, 2014 by snow1975 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Gael Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland Weather Preferences: Winter: bright & frosty/snowy; summer: hot and sunny. Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Low overnight of -0.5ºC and a max of 2.7ºC. Kept the bare covering of snow which turned this part of town (Crieff) into a skating rink after the frost overnight. Persisted throughout the day until the rain arrived a couple of hours ago. Heavy cauld rain now. Temp: 2.2ºC/2ºC - looks like we could be on the wrong side of marginal for snaw here this evening. So far*... *technically, this may be a mini-ramp. Much like this: Edited January 13, 2014 by Polar Gael 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buriedundersnow Posted January 13, 2014 Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Weather Preferences: dry sunny average summers and really cold snowy winters Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 nice seasonal day here today with temps feeling winter like. unfortunately any wintry weather today seems to be confined to the highest hills. RED = snow GREEN = sleet/wet snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buriedundersnow Posted January 13, 2014 Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Weather Preferences: dry sunny average summers and really cold snowy winters Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 nice pic here from space showing cloud shadows stretching out as sunset approaches and something to at least put a little smile on our face the US has lost most of its snow 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Gael Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland Weather Preferences: Winter: bright & frosty/snowy; summer: hot and sunny. Location: Comrie, Perthshire, Bonnie Scotland Share Posted January 13, 2014 Fingers crossed for something unexpected from the 12z ECM. If not then I'm going to start a new website NetWatchingPaintDry.tv it will be a cracker 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 13, 2014 Location: @scotlandwx Weather Preferences: Crystal Clear High Pressure & Blue Skies Location: @scotlandwx Share Posted January 13, 2014 Swap this for watching paint please ! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Weather Preferences: Snow and cold. Enjoy all extremes though. Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Share Posted January 13, 2014 Swap this for watching paint please ! ECM1-144.gifECU0-144.gif I think I'll stick with watching paint.....It's safer and not liable to change colour or disappear! Isn't it awful that we no longer trust what we see! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Buriedundersnow Posted January 13, 2014 Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Weather Preferences: dry sunny average summers and really cold snowy winters Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2014 wonder where ECM pulled that run from it goes high pressure mad and even ushers in the drying run with a camel 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howham Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, 86m asl Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, 86m asl Share Posted January 13, 2014 Currently -1.4C, third air frost in a row. Anyone would think it was winter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buriedundersnow Posted January 13, 2014 Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Weather Preferences: dry sunny average summers and really cold snowy winters Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 It's even going for some GOB late on. aye some GOB would be nice get some good northeast winds on the go as they always seem to do pretty well snow wise for the majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howham Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, 86m asl Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, 86m asl Share Posted January 13, 2014 What's GOB? I imagine Greenland is the G... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Celt Posted January 13, 2014 Location: NH7256 Weather Preferences: where's my vote? Location: NH7256 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Had a pleasantly icy drive back north this evening, footling around on frosty bits trying to tempt the car into a slide. 'No way pal,' said the Nokians, 'where we come from, this is warm...' I pointed out that where they come from, the bears are coming out of hibernation just now because it's not cold enough. They shut up then and did a little dance on some water ice. Finns, eh. What's GOB? I imagine Greenland is the G... Greenland or scatter cushioned I think... (that didn't quite work did it ) Edited January 13, 2014 by Hairy Celt 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish-Irish Skier Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Premnay, Insch, Aberdeenshire, 184 m asl Weather Preferences: Snaw Location: Premnay, Insch, Aberdeenshire, 184 m asl Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Had a pleasantly icy drive back north this evening, footling around on frosty bits trying to tempt the car into a slide. 'No way pal,' said the Nokians, 'where we come from, this is warm...' I pointed out that where they come from, the bears are coming out of hibernation just now because it's not cold enough. They shut up then and did a little dance on some water ice. Finns, eh. Greenland or scatter cushioned I think... (that didn't quite work did it ) Best I've found is a very frosty, unsalted road just as it's starting to melt when the sun comes up. Can get a bit of slide there (few inches before they grip again). Far more than on big patches of dirty churned / uneven or gritty ice (fair few of them on the borders back roads due to past heavy rain). I guess the latter, due to roughness, has more grip for the snipes. Edited January 13, 2014 by scottish skier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Weather Preferences: Snow and cold. Enjoy all extremes though. Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Noticed on twitter that USA are expecting another severe cold shot around 20th+January. I was reading a comment by Joe B.(keep your hair on HC!) about how they were very pleased that their winter forecast had turned out as expected so far this year. He also said that he was happy that the analogue year of 1917 which was chosen was very close in comparison to this year. I was curious just to see how things were with us in that year and how things panned out. Had a look at the archive charts but they are in the old format which I find difficult to read. I started looking around the 20th January, 1917 and from what I could make out, we looked to be under high pressure with an easterly flow? After that I got lost, Perhaps I can sweet talk BUS into having a look and deciphering them? You never know, might give us a clue as to what we might expect further down the line? Edited January 13, 2014 by Blitzen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Weather Preferences: Snow and cold. Enjoy all extremes though. Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Aw...I think Frosty on the MOD is ready to throw in the towel. Thought he sounded a bit down over the last few days. I liked reading his posts because he mentioned Scotland in almost every one which is unusual in the MOD. He'll probably snap out of it as we have all been there. In fact most of us on here are still there! Edited January 13, 2014 by Blitzen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buriedundersnow Posted January 13, 2014 Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Weather Preferences: dry sunny average summers and really cold snowy winters Location: falkirk, scotland, 16.505m, 54.151ft above sea level Share Posted January 13, 2014 Noticed on twitter that USA are expecting another severe cold shot around 20th+January. I was reading a comment by Joe B.(keep your hair on HC!) about how they were very pleased that their winter forecast had turned out as expected so far this year. He also said that he was happy that the analogue year of 1917 which was chosen was very close in comparison to this year. I was curious just to see how things were with us in that year and how things panned out. Had a look at the archive charts but they are in the old format which I find difficult to read. I started looking around the 20th January, 1917 and from what I could make out, we looked to be under high pressure with an easterly flow? After that I got lost, Perhaps I can sweet talk BUS into having a look and deciphering them? You never know, might give us a clue as to what we might expect further down the line? for winter 1917/18 CET's were dec 2.3 jan 3.8 feb 6.5 i'll look through the charts but don't know how reliable they are as there is no satellite data 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted January 13, 2014 Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Weather Preferences: Snow and cold. Enjoy all extremes though. Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Share Posted January 13, 2014 for winter 1917/18 CET's were dec 2.3 jan 3.8 feb 6.5 i'll look through the charts but don't know how reliable they are as there is no satellite data Crumbs, I didn't think of that! I suppose in those days it was all down to the men on the floor using what little info they had plus their brains to compile a forecast. I have this vision of some poor sods standing on top of various mountains with their fingers in the air and sending their results by carrier pigeon to the Met Office! ......Hey..wait a minute!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzen Posted January 14, 2014 Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Weather Preferences: Snow and cold. Enjoy all extremes though. Location: Lochgelly - Highest town in Fife at 150m ASL. Share Posted January 14, 2014 for winter 1917/18 CET's were dec 2.3 jan 3.8 feb 6.5 I think those CETs have already answered the question BUS have they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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