Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion 23/04/17 onwards

[NUT]

Not thundery but a pretty short intense bit of rain just went through

[mardatha]

Is there any sign at all of a summer? With real summer weather? Like we used to have once upon a time before THIS BLOODY WIND & RAIN ??

[Hairy Celt]

1 minute ago, CatchMyDrift said:

I don't think we ever had consistent warm, dry and sunny summer weather? 

I was going to reply that this seems to be a fairly typical June so far - mild and wet mostly with some warmer and sunny days and a few indoors days - and little sign of anything stunningly summery.  If you want reliable sun and heat, don't stay in Scotland.  Despite what Fraulein Himmler sorry Fat Ruth sorry you know who I mean, says, this country is wonderful DESPITE the weather.

[Hairy Celt]

8 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

April and May are usually the best months as where I've lived they are the driest months of the year. Not sure if this holds true up north? I would love an Alpine climate with snowy cold winters and heat in summer but I am useless at foreign languages and soon won't be able to go to Europe anyway...ooops wrong thread too. 

I think fine spring weather holds true across much of northern Britain - mid and late summer heat and sunshine seems to be the preserve of southern England. Damn their eyes.

[Northernlights]

Young Mr Northernlights  this morning discovered what the badgers were after at gate post a nest of bees it must have been their honey. A few bees still flying in and out of the hole. Showery day and currently 15c.Need a 48 hour dry period to get some silage done.

Edited June 11, 2017 by Northernlights

[mardatha]

I am sure we once had a summer. It was around 1955. I think. Oh and we had a nice one in 1985 when I moved to the Borders. Is that IT? for my whole life??

Edited June 11, 2017 by mardatha

[Northernlights]

21 minutes ago, mardatha said:

I am sure we once had a summer. It was around 1955. I think. Oh and we had a nice one in 1985 when I moved to the Borders. Is that IT? for my whole life??

1975 and 1976 too also 2003 harvest finished on 11th August one  month earlier than average

[mardatha]

I remember 1975 or 76 - I was stuck 7 flors up in a tower block in Edinburgh with two small kids who wanted out to play all the time - and muggins mum had to sit outside on the grass for hours to keep an eye on them.

[Hairy Celt]

(puts on old croaky voice) I remember 1976 in southern England - trees going yellow in July due to lack of water.  Parents looking worried (Dad bought more wine to compensate). Cracks in the ground in fields. Window frames warping. 

[shuggee]

For SE Scotland, 12z GFS predicting five straight days of sunshine 16-18ºC.

....I wonder....

[mardatha]

9 hours ago, shuggee said:

For SE Scotland, 12z GFS predicting five straight days of sunshine 16-18ºC.

....I wonder....

WHEN?????

[Hairy Celt]

1 hour ago, mardatha said:

WHEN?????

May 2018?

Cool, grey and breezy here this morning. Not raining though. And no badgers - gosh, that would annoy the neighbours, they think my cats are bad with the digging with a wee scrape here or there (generally on my freshly weeded beds)

Edited June 12, 2017 by Hairy Celt

[Hairy Celt]

Warmed up a bit with a slight thinning of the cloud, although not warm enough to get the b****** out of bed. Nor the cats.  However, I've sown more radish seed and the expected plague of slugs isn't happening.  Or perhaps they've all been eaten by b******!

[Northernlights]

Fine afternoon afternoon after a damp start Currently 19c.

Northernlights Summer Forecast .   After having our first ever double glazed windows fitted its going to be the hottest on record with some violent thunderstorms.

Amazed how quiet it is in the house without the sound of the howling wind, driving rain  and rattling windows.

 

[Hairy Celt]

1 hour ago, Northernlights said:

Fine afternoon afternoon after a damp start Currently 19c.

Northernlights Summer Forecast .   After having our first ever double glazed windows fitted its going to be the hottest on record with some violent thunderstorms.

Amazed how quiet it is in the house without the sound of the howling wind, driving rain  and rattling windows.

 

Funny that.  We're keeping our single glazing but having major repairs to woodwork done this year - hundred year old house starting to show its age. 

[NUT]

Started showery but those have cleared. Still cloudy and breezy. Looks like a close but no cigar for some real decent sunshine this week (Wednesday I suppose doesn't look too bad)

[Ravelin]

Back to sort of 'meh' weather. Decent enough day yesterday but nothing special, well other than the short-lived, ark building biblical rain shower at around 5pm. Still pleasant enough at 8pm to be pottering in the garden though.

Today has started mainly cloudy and mild with just a light breeze.

[Hairy Celt]

Grey and mild.... little wind, no rain..

Oh, it's raining! Never trust the weather not to make a fool of you.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Hairy Celt

[NUT]

Kind of bright and breezy. When the sun pops out really does feel pretty warm

[Ravelin]

Well it maxed out at 19.1C in Dyce, which is fairly impressive given that although the early cloud did try to break the sun didn't really make much of an appearance. Back to a thick sheet of cloud now.

[Northernlights]

Mostly dry but dull  nearly all day with showers of rain to the west quite warm at 20c.Dull evening which was quite reminiscent of an afternoon in November.

However growth is almost two weeks ahead of average with spring barley at awn emergence today and neeps with first true leaf on. Grass still growing well too and cattle content.

[Hairy Celt]

Well it did it again.  Brightened up late morning and got quite warm so I went up the street without a coat. Mistake - it rained.  And now it's dull, cool and breezy.

I haven't seen any white butterflies recently but there are greedy little green caterpillars on my cabbages. Or there were.... Same went for the greenfly trying to infiltrate the greenhouse.

[NUT]

Started nice but got a band of prolonged showers working through currently

[ciel]

Cloudy with a westerly breeze. Temp 14C and feeling rather cool.

Not seen any butterflies recently, let alone the white variety, but as mentioned previously somewhere on the forum, I have given up on attempting to grow brassicas. Noticed this morning what may have been a touch of blight on my one outdoor tomato plant of the mini tumbling variety - potatoes look OK, so far. 

Edited June 16, 2017 by ciel

[Hairy Celt]

Grey crappy day. Light drizzly stuff accompanied me up the street as usual.