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

[101_North]

mongooseing miserable outside

[Big Innes Madori]

A thaw started here noo with some rain falling oan the already treacherous roads and pavements, so it will probably be a bit fkn tricky oot there for a wee while!

Big Innes

[Hawesy]

Morning all,

Very unusually for this month it’s raining outside (prior to today Leuchars has only had 3mm of precipitation in December - hence the absence of snow in these parts!). Anyway it’s raining this morning, currently 3c.

I see GFS has a wee cold shot timed for the big day. Be interesting to see how that plays out.

[Cheggers]

Finally the ice is going, raining and well above freezing now. The white wonderland looked pretty for a few days, but I now have 2 teenagers fresh from A&E, one with a  popped hip, and the other with a broken elbow!

[NUT]

Predictably all the ice and frost has disappeared. Not sure about the snow on the mountains (can't see it from here) but I would assume that's more or less gone or will have done by end of today

[Ravelin]

A definite thaw on here, temp currently 4.5C but was up to 6-7C earlier. Snow disappearing but the ice is more reluctant so just spent some time outside breaking it up on the paths and driveway to help it along. Boy was that hard work in places, even with a heavy metal spade. 

[mistyqueen]

Temp was 10c here at 7.30am, but it did drop a bit later in the afternoon. Currently 5.4c and miserable with it. Well, wasn't winter nice while it lasted?

[Northernlights]

Got up to 6c earlier today  with some rain overnight but skies cleared this afternoon and its currently 3.5c.

[Hairy Celt]

Sub-tropical here today. Got up to 7C, rain on and off. Pffft.

[Northernlights]

3 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

Sub-tropical here today. Got up to 7C, rain on and off. Pffft.

Don"t despair yet, in 50 plus years of watching the weather we are far more likely to have a green Christmas followed by a white New Year so not long to wait for winter to return. Just an aside it  seems that ice growth in the Arctic is a bit better this year possibly as a  result of the sun becoming less active  its just a matter of time before we see cooler winters. Parts of the side roads round here  are covered in black ice tonight too! at 3c.

Edited December 17, 2017 by Northernlights

[Guest]

My snows gone.... my beautiful snow stolen by the warmer air 

[snowidea]

Woke up this morning to find it's actually frosty outside, not expecting to see that again for a few days. Mentally preparing for the hideous commute along the M9 to Edinburgh. The drivers seem even more grumpy at this time of year, sigh. 

[101_North]

6 hours ago, More Snow said:

My snows gone.... my beautiful snow stolen by the warmer air 

That can sometimes happen in Scotland when it gets milder! Someone really should have warned you

[Northernlights]

Currently clear, 1c ,with ground frozen again even a few small patches of frozen snow in the shelter of the woods.

[NUT]

Oh well why not one more frost from this spell before it goes  Didn't think it would get that cold last night but sure enough looking all white again will definety be the last of it for a while

[Ruzzi]

I'm still trying to remain optimistic for xmas wintryness, defo not out of the question yet  but still plenty time for change either for better or worse

 

[NUT]

The cloud has rolled in. All the frost has disappeared. Expect it to be like that throughout tomorrow

[mardatha]

Still bright sun and white/blue sky here, frost still lying, birds water still solid.

[Hairy Celt]

Yawn.

[NorthernRab]

Still some snow on the ground here (high up, not sea level), surprised it's made it through the mild weather so far. Gradually disappearing though. 

 

Christmas looks like it's got potential for some snow - all to do with how that lobe of low pressure sits to the north of us on the day itself but something to keep an eye on with one week to go! 

Edited December 18, 2017 by NorthernRab

[Ravelin]

Much of the concrete ice hanging on here, helped by an overnight frost. It was -2C first thing and didn't warm up as much as expected, only got up to about 3C. Just want rid of it, you can't make snowmen or snowballs out of what's left and it certainly doesn't look pretty.

[Ruzzi]

6 hours ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Xmas Day is a real possibility for a few snowflakes:

In the meantime it was very icy today, lovely day though:

Yes and the theme continues on the 18Z, would be great to even get a wee covering in places 

[GraemeB]

I *refuse* to ramp.

 

[NUT]

Looking interesting after the big day itself............................

[101_North]

It can't snow at Christmas when I'm not here can it?

(We all know what will happen! Just go easy....)

Edited December 19, 2017 by 101_North