Scotland Weather Discussion - 20th November 2015 and Onwards...

[Blizzardo]

Heavy snow here for the last hour which is way ahead of forecast. The temperature started tanking from about 9pm when it was 7.8c and raining heavily. It's now 1.3c and the dewpoint is 0.4c. The ground is saturated because of the amount of rain we've has since yesterday afternoon but the snow started to settle about 30minutes ago and it's all white now. Things could get interesting if this keeps going.

[peborant]

Guys we were *not* expected to wake up at 0º and with a blanket of snow covering the ground in its practical entirety, WERE WE! 

Snowing lightly now, I cannot get how we got the lying snow, the netweather radar shows rain pretty much until now but it clearly is snowing, no ifs and buts about that  

0.4C at academy so probably a tad below 0C in open air. 

Enjoy the white surprise when you open your curtains in the morning like I did :D:D:D:D:D xxx

[snowidea]

Snowing wetly here and has been going for a while as there's a slushy white covering on the cars and grass. Dropped hubby to the station and it's falling as sleety rain just down the hill but definitely snow (wet snow) up here.

[edo]

0.3c here nothing falling from skies 

[mardatha]

A fresh covering here and still falling but very light now.

[Big Innes Madori]

Went tae bed just after 12 and still pishin doon as it hax done all evening!

Got up this morning tae this.

 

Big Innes

[101_North]

Mrs just texted to tell me she has snow at home! You gotta laugh! 

[Ross B]

9 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Mrs just texted to tell me she has snow at home! You gotta laugh! 

Same, good covering at home but I'm in the north of Englander where it's raining! 

[Hawesy]

Just the trademark liquid snow here in Crail.

Good to see others have woken up to some of the white stuff though!

1.9c, overcast.

[snowy owl]

Was a wee heavy shower just clipped us, nothing more than a light covering

[GrangemouthBairn]

Snowing here and starting to lie on grass, cars, hut roofs etc.  Had a feeling last night when the temperature was dropping quicker than predicted that we might get a surprise this morning. Currently 0.6C with a dew point of -1.2C

Edited February 17, 2016 by GrangemouthBairn

[Kayemill]

A wee bit here. just heading down to Newcastle. Will see how that goes!

[blitzen]

Morning.   Started at 3am here with huge wet flakes then turned a lot lighter and was still going at 6am.   Just a slight accumulation of slush though, maybe a couple cms?   0.8c/0.4c.

Edited February 17, 2016 by Blitzen

[NUT]

The ground itself here doesn't have much but the cars seem to have a fair bit on them. Quite remarkable we got anything considering the rain yesterday

[peborant]

Wow very impressive to see that Blitzen does not have as much snow lying as I do a hundred metres lower. There's about 2in on most surfaces here and temps still hovering around the 0C mark at 0.4C. Snow is stopping now. Very weird situation, can anyone shed some light as to why and how we enjoyed this wee surprise with uppers ranging from -2 to -4? Temperatures certainly tumbled down after peaking at 7C last evening. Also funny to notice how much colder it felt last night with the lashing winds and rain compared to this morning, despite the 7C less. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Hawesy said:

Just the trademark liquid snow here in Crail.

Good to see others have woken up to some of the white stuff though!

1.9c, overcast.

I'm with you on the liquid snow today. Having said that we've still got snow remnants from a couple of days ago, so I can't be a full member of your club this week. 

[moffatross]

Amazingly sharp NW/SE boundary  line of between mild and cold air. Not a snow flake in sight here, just dreich and still, but a pal in Wanlockhead reports 10 cm of fresh up there.

[Kayemill]

All rain south of Moffat. 

[spindrift1980]

Woke up to a slight covering of snow - was only really expecting sleet so a nice wee surprise, although it's pretty wet slushy stuff.

[Ravelin]

Nothing white here. I wasn't paying full attention but I'm sure it was up over 7C here at 10pm last night and back down to aroudn 2C this morning. Damp feeling morning under a cover of low, grey cloud and just a gentle breeze.

A quick scan of the ECM & GFS models shows us largely on the cooler side of the jet-stream through the next 10 days. Nothing spectacular looking that I noticed but should be opportunities for more 'surprises'.

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Nothing white here. I wasn't paying full attention but I'm sure it was up over 7C here at 10pm last night and back down to aroudn 2C this morning. Damp feeling morning under a cover of low, grey cloud and just a gentle breeze.

A quick scan of the ECM & GFS models shows us largely on the cooler side of the jet-stream through the next 10 days. Nothing spectacular looking that I noticed but should be opportunities for more 'surprises'.

That is a fair assessment @Ravelin, it's looking at least cool if not cold for much of the rest of February after a slight mild snap on Thursday and Friday perhaps? Winter is certainly not done, although snow looks most likely in central parts of Northern Scotland. 

[Northernlights]

Dull dry and a moderate breeze currently 2c with remnants of snow in very sheltered north facing areas in the woods round about.

[Hairy Celt]

24 minutes ago, Northernlights said:

Dull dry and a moderate breeze currently 2c with remnants of snow in very sheltered north facing areas in the woods round about.

Ditto except 4C and the nearest snow remnant is up the hill half a mile away.  Bit of a nothing day.

[Ruzzi]

We had a good 2 and a half inches about 6am this morning when I took these pics. The melt has set in a bit now with a snowy slushy mixture on the roads but still a fairly decent covering on everything else.

[GrangemouthBairn]

About an hour ago Stav on the BBC said there could be heavy snow in central and southern Scotland on Sunday