Scotland - Weather Chat - Spring 2016 Onwards

[BlueHedgehog074]

Ahoy their Scotlanders! 

Fresh new thread for ya ladies and gentlemen in Scotland. Previous topic was getting a wee bit long and since Easter has arrived, seemed suitable to unravel a new thread. Please continue your discussions regarding the weather in here.

But not only that, you guys get the pleasure to have not one, but two 'Weather Chat' logos! None of the other regional weather threads have two Weather Chat logos, so count yourselves lucky.

Old thread here: 

Edited March 27, 2016 by DiagonalRedLine
Attached other regional Weather Chat logos in this thread by mistake (I admit I was in a rush to open up some new regional threads yesterday).

[Northernlights]

Change of thread change of weather after a few weeks of calm drying weather, I have   just been woken up by some violent gusts and rattling windows but with a bright moonlit night.    Some equinoxial gales? Currently 4c

[Richard Taylor]

That was a tad windy early this morning after a rather grim rainy day as it ended up yesterday. Nicer start to this morning now despite losing an hour's sleep!  

[NUT]

Been fairly quiet all day but just out of nothing got a hail shower currently

[Northern Strath]

A very early drive north this morning saw some light snow showers at the A9s 400m+ parts (Drum&Slochd) A fine day followed with a chilly breeze

Animals galore this last while, hare, deer and golden eagles all spotted from the house, with 4 hungry squirrels competing for this feed box

 

[Ravelin]

Half decent weekend at times here. Started dry on Saturday but the rain came on early to mid afternoon and it was quite heavy and blustery later in the day. Sunday was much better with a lot of bright sunshine for the first half of the day, although it was far from warm. I got a couple of things done in the garden and even gave the grass a quick cut. I wasn't intending to, but since I was out and the grass was drier than expected I ran over it for a quick 'evening up' exercise (only got around 10-15% or so of the cuttings I'd normally expect).

[Northernlights]

Fine  cool dry  Scottish spring day with wintry looking showers on the horizon with fresh snow over 2000 feet  Very clear air and blue skies currently 7.5c

[knocker]

 

[NorthernRab]

Anyone in the Inverness area just experience that hailstorm? Out of this world!

[NUT]

No hail here. Rain's been brewing all afternoon and now it's set in for a bit

 

Burst of rain there obviously been cold enough to give a slight covering on the top of the hills here

Edited March 29, 2016 by NUT

[Northernlights]

1 hour ago, NorthernRab said:

Anyone in the Inverness area just experience that hailstorm? Out of this world!

Had some fairly heavy hail showers from your direction  all afternoon but none too bad currently 3c though as the last one cleared. Frosty tonight?

[Stuart]

 I was at  Inverness Retail Park and the hail was bad

Edited March 29, 2016 by Stuart

[knocker]

What a great image.

 

[Northernlights]

12 hours ago, Northernlights said:

Had some fairly heavy hail showers from your direction  all afternoon but none too bad currently 3c though as the last one cleared. Frosty tonight?

Very cold clear  wintry morning with sparkling grass at -2c. Iced over puddles from yesterdays hail showers Will put a halt to new growth for a few days.

[Hawesy]

Clear skies, beautiful sunrise. Temp 0.2c, overnight low 0.0c.

[Ravelin]

Forgot to check the overnight low but there was a definite frost on the grass this morning. Currently bright, sunny and virtually windless, just the kind of morning to be sat in work...not!

No hail here yesterday but there were a few beefy showers lurking around.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Ravelin

[Northern Strath]

Early morning low of -4.4c, looking colder for tomorrow morning too. Heard from people yesterday that that hail shower near the sneck was indeed biblical

[Hairy Celt]

-3C inland Caithness this morning.  Cool with a westerly breeze, nearly full sun now so jolly pleasant.

I think we just caught the very edge of yesterday's bishop bible bashing near Inverness.

[Sunshineandshowers84]

Some nice sunshine this afternoon however plenty of showers about nearby. Can see a huge distant anvil southwards could be as far as Dumfries and looking at radar it could well be between Dumfries and Sanquar..

[Hairy Celt]

7 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Here are a few pics I took when I was out walking the dogs this morning, it was a cracking start but the cloud has built through the day. There are a few sharp showers around this evening, possibly even some thunder too.

Daffs?  We won't see those for another few weeks yet!

[Sunshineandshowers84]

Clear night and with the sunset nearly gone I noticed distant Anvils looks to me a fair bit west the last of showers I reckon.. The car temp gauge buzzed at +3.5c there so i expect it to dip a fair bit more with a frost developing.. Been dry most of the day managed to avoid the heaviest of a shower this afternoon with only tiny spots here. Ground stayed dry..

[Northernlights]

A fairly bright morning was followed by some sharp afternoon showers.

 A photo of the Cawdor hills to the SW of me rising to 1500 feet with still a sprinkling of drifts in the gullies .Quite a lot for the time of year.

Another couple of photos of Ben Wyvis emerging from shower cloud with a good cover of fresh snow on the old drifts.

 

Currently clearing and 3.5c

[Cheggers]

Evening all, fairly begin weather here since weekend, had a few sleet flakes and hail stones last night, but work mate sent this from west of Glasgow earlier this evening. Said it was mental hail.

[Northern Strath]

Was -5c when leaving earlier with the sun just rising over the hills and the light skimming the roof of the low lying mist blanketing the fields, would have made a very nice picture was I not in such a rush to leave. Gorgeous stuff nonetheless 

[Northernlights]

-3c this morning again with ice covered puddles. Wall to wall sunshine from clear blue skies.