Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion

[Hawesy]

There was snow/rain mix falling between Dundee and St Andrews yesterday afternoon and as reported higher parts of Dundee saw accumulating snow. Icy start this morning, now a pleasant sunny day, 3c.

[Benvironment]

No views to speak of on West Lomond at 9am this morning but the rime on the trig was worth a few snaps

The summit was scoured but the east slopes had a good 4 inches of snow. I've seen some beautiful pics of the Cairngorms on Instagram this morning too - lots snow and not a cloud in the sky.

Edited January 29, 2017 by Benvironment

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Some SS's Sunday stroll snaps.

Climbed Black Hill just south of Earlston with my 4 girls (Mrs SS, Mini Miss SS, Islay [pictured] & Lily). Snow in the distance on some of the higher border hills.

Frosty the morn; lovely sushine as we climbed.

Edited January 29, 2017 by scottish skier

[cheshire snow]

Love this part of our small country,Love the scenery and views that you guys post.

Hopefully be making another visit in the summer for a long weekend .

C.S. 

[Cheggers]

Wee bit of snaw fell form the sky yesterday in between the rain. Drove to Edinburgh earlier and the Pentlnds looked nice and white on the upper peaks.

[Northernlights]

Started off at 1c this morning with a ground frost . A dusting of snow down to about 1000 feet on the Cawdor Hills overnight

  Sunny day with a maximum of 4c with frost lying in the shade all day.Very frosty looking sunset and currently  -1c

Edited January 29, 2017 by Northernlights

[Ravelin]

-4.1C here so looks as if it's going to be a cold one.

Been a nice day, got out for a wander around the local woods with our youngest this morning. Sunny, cool but not cold, snow on the hills in the background (slowly but visibly disappearing due to the sun).

[Hairy Celt]

-2.5C in Buckie just now.  That's  for here...

[Hawesy]

Morning all,

Currently -3c Dundee and -4c Leuchars so another frosty start with patches of freezing fog around.

[blitzen]

Temp currently sitting at 0c after an overnight low of -1.7c with an E breeze.   Lovely and frosty early on but now starting to lift as the sun hits the surfaces.

[Ravelin]

-6.4C at 7:30am this morning and a frost on the car windscreen that was immune to the scraper. Currently some scattered fluffy clouds around but mainly blue skies and no wind.

[NorthernRab]

Reached -9'C here in the wee small hours, currently -4'C with a penetrating frost and freezing fog. That's more like it! 

[Polar Gael]

Looks like the end of this wee cauld snap today, but it's been decent enough here. Overnight low of -3.0C and still some snaw patches hanging on from Fri/Sat. Very grey but looks and feels like proper winter. 

Looks like interesting stuff starting to happen in the strat - mid-Feb cauld spell?

Currently -1.0C/-2C. 

[ciel]

6 hours ago, Ravelin said:

 a frost on the car windscreen that was immune to the scraper. 

Same here, Ravelin, -6C at 8am, and I did what one is not supposed to do and left the engine running with heater going full blast for 10mins or so.  The ice crystals in the water jets for the windscreen wipers did not clear until about 25 miles up the road.

A few localised patches of lying snow around particularly in and just north of Old Meldrum.

Temps have recovered now to +2C.  It's cloudy, threatening a shower with a slight breeze from the SW.

[Hairy Celt]

If your car has roof rails, try a bit of old shower curtain or similar tied over the screen and around the wipers...  I usually forget though! 

[skifreak]

Not a bad day at the Lecht, thought the snow is rather thin, it's at least managed to get open and the Sun was out for chunks of the day though the wind and cloud increased through the afternoon.  I see from the Aberdeen 850hp ensemble graph that the 12z GFS went off on one today - should I look at the model thread? 

Pix: http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=1211

[Hairy Celt]

10 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Back to snoozy gloom. Yawn. 

You not got the wind then? Pretty gusty here this morning, although, yes, very gloomy. And rain later probably. Oh well.

[Ravelin]

Gusty, gloomy and damp here too.

[NUT]

Had one pulse of rain already eased off but more isn't that far away

[Cheggers]

Aye, back to the dreich, Cold and misty yesterday, Stirling castle in the distance.....

[Hairy Celt]

[Hairy Celt]

[blitzen]

4 hours ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Nah, it's a proper snooze fest. Not even a breeze. I see the models are lining us up for another wild goose chase. I'm not convinced I can be bothered.  

This winter chase has left me leaning to one side on my chair with my eyelashes flickering and drool dripping from the corner of my mouth........Please, no more!!

From now on, I'm only trusting the BBC!

 

Edited January 31, 2017 by Blitzen

[Richard Taylor]

Two Helen Willetts... there's only two Helen Willetts.....

Anyhoo..... I see it's once again gone into overdrive on the MT. Do they have justification FINALLY this time??!

 

 

[Ravelin]

33 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

Two Helen Willetts... there's only two Helen Willetts.....

Anyhoo..... I see it's once again gone into overdrive on the MT. Do they have justification FINALLY this time??!

 

 

Well I'll admit that the models are beginning to look interesting, but whether the resulting weather can actually become interesting is yet undetermined. Still looking at mid next week at the earliest I'd have though for anything colder than average, with a windy period maybe providing some minor excitement tomorrow/Friday. 

In the meantime, 1C here currently under a sheet of grey/white cloud and no noticeable wind.