Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion

[A Winter's Tale]

Happy New Year Everyone

[skifreak]

Happy New Year ! Hints of a flurry in the air briefly! Anything brewing to the North? 

[mistyqueen]

Happy New Year all! A bit parky oot this morning, just escorted the cat from my bedroom where she played, scratched furniture, tore paper and snored most of the night which explains my wide awakeness at 6.52am! Not good! Had a few wee flurries of something during the night but not amounted to anything. Might go for a walk later on before we scoff steak pie!

 

[asjmcguire]

Happy New Year Forum people!

@A Winter's Tale - did you know your signature is a tad out of date - listing stats for 2013?

Fingers crossed I might see something vaguely wintery today.... I'll count sleet at this point....

[Hawesy]

Happy New Year to all on this thread! 2017 is off to a good start, blue skies accompanying the sunrise, 3c.

[Norrona2015]

Happy new year everyone!

Weather wise 2017 is off to a wintry start, 1c but feeling colder in the northerly wind. Wintry showers at present, snow for the nearby surrounding hills.

[Northernlights]

A really miserable day strong N wind overcast and heavy showers of hail and sleet currently 2c ground saturated on the surface. Just peeled a pile of tatties and parsnips not going to starve

Edited January 1, 2017 by Northernlights

[Northern Strath]

Happy New Year kilties! All the best for the year ahead

Oc and snow showers here this morning, only a wee dusting so far but after two days of horrible, rainy mince, I'll take it

 

Edited January 1, 2017 by Northern Strath

[Big Innes Madori]

A Guid New Year to all on the forum!

A chilly first o' January here with Blue Skies, Sunshine and a wee bit frost earlier.

Some paracetamol on board noo for the sair napper.

 

Big Innes

[mistyqueen]

Sleety, thick rain hammering against the window and a strong wind as accompaniment, rather chilly too! A walk? Not if this keeps up! (Creeps nearer radiator with wooly blanket).

[Norrance]

Happy new year all.

Some light showers around. 2.2C

[Hairy Celt]

2C and light hail showers. Feels raw, not going out again today if I can help it.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Happy new year kilters. Hope everyone had a good hogmanay and heads not too sore the morn.

Lovely clear winter morning here after a frost. Went for a walk with family and dugs at Scott's View and the Wallace statue. Timed it well as that's the showers started now.

 

[ciel]

Sunshine and cold rain showers, here, with a biting northerly breeze. Temp 3C. Some snow is sticking to the hill tops. There have been some fine rainbows too.

Off out soon with a lump of coal in one hand and shortbread in the other   - scottish cliches, I know, but neighbours like it, I think.

[Ravelin]

Ah, New Year, that'll be why the ski slopes were so quiet this morning.

A Happy New Year to you all.

Just one more day skiing in the sunshine then it's back to the land of the dreich. It does make me wonder sometimes why I love Scotland so much. 

[Northern Strath]

It picked up a bitty earlier and we ended up with a wee covering, nothing special but it's nice and white outside to kick of 2017

 

My dear lady has been rough as hell so I've been on nurse duties "I don't give a s**t if it's snowing get me the bloody paracetamol please" was my favourite line of the day. She's grand now, thanks to the healing qualities of a banana sandwich and a certain Scottish ginger nectar 

[Cheggers]

55 minutes ago, Northern Strath said:

My dear lady has been rough as hell so I've been on nurse duties "I don't give a s**t if it's snowing get me the bloody paracetamol please" was my favourite line of the day. She's grand now, thanks to the healing qualities of a banana sandwich and a certain Scottish ginger nectar 

Firstly Happy New Year and lang may yer lum reek to all. 

Ma missus still in the her bed terrified to move her head. No sympathy from me, I was on my DHC tablets, so stuck to 0% beer and juice, thus nae hangover for me. 

Was cold with frost just forming when we got in around 4am, which was a shock after leaving the hoose at 8pm and nearly 10C. Been a no bad day but the wind has picked up and is about 2.5C with dark clouds to the east and north.

[CoastRainbow]

Happy New Year , my Scottish forum friends  

lovely winter's day here in Inverclyde

 

[mardatha]

Been hovering between 0 and 1 all day here and we had some snow earlier. Think it's melted now though. Utter pits.

[pdiddy]

HNY all. Staying in Lossiemouth for New Year and plenty of squally showers earlier with hail and a bit of sleet. Was really hoping for snow but Temps never got below about 6c.

[asjmcguire]

39 minutes ago, mardatha said:

Been hovering between 0 and 1 all day here and we had some snow earlier. Think it's melted now though. Utter pits.

Lucky you!

 

[mardatha]

Hubby says minus 4 this morning at half six. I didn't surface until after 9 so I wouldnt know

[asjmcguire]

3 hours ago, mardatha said:

Hubby says minus 4 this morning at half six. I didn't surface until after 9 so I wouldnt know

We managed a whole -1.6 and that was it.

[ciel]

There's been a wee bit of discussion on a serious thread about infrastructure, however:-

I’m a regular user of Scotrail. The organisation has not let me down –well -maybe just on one or two occasions over the years.

Back to anecdotes, recently, the very helpful customer services staff, including the station manager, at Waverley, helped me retrieve some very personal items which were in a co-op plastic bag, and left on board, after I jumped on and off a train which subsequently had left the station and was not scheduled to stop at my destination.

I collected the lost lot, as directed, at Dundee.  Many thanks to Scotrail.

 

 

[Hawesy]

Great walk today from Arbroath to Broughty Ferry. Weather was ideal, some lovely coastal views.