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

[ECOSSE1650]

Sleet in Motherwell at 0022.

[Stormeh]

Whiteout here, not deep but everything white. Tonight’s drive home at 2am to Barrhead will be tricky!

[Ruzzi]

Some very very heavy stuff now, half an inch just accumulated in 10 minutes, one of the heaviest bursts of snow I've ever seen. Tried to capture it on video but it just doesn't do it justice at all. 

Attempted video below 

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Edited January 16, 2018 by Ruzzi

[moffatross]

After a few failed, sleety shower attempts, the latest one has turned everything white in Moffat. The Met Office's take and timings for here have been exemplary and even a cynic like me will go to sleep happier that tomorrow's uppers will be low enough for the main event 

[GraemeB]

Not a flake to be seen here in Stirling - even though we're under a big red blob,

[Stormeh]

A couple of pics from my drive home from work

[mardatha]

Got up for tea and asprin and its white ootside, doesn't look deep but it's definitely even. Few cars going down the A7 at a crawl.

[blitzen]

Up for a cuppa as well!   Nowt here.  Doesn't even feel that cold.

[mardatha]

No not cold. Have a wee digestive Blitzen

[Stuart Taylor]

Motherwell town centre. A rare site. 

[blitzen]

1 minute ago, mardatha said:

No not cold. Have a wee digestive Blitzen

Made a slice of toast.   Must be an age thing!   Got a funeral to go to today at 10am so that's probably got a lot to do with it.  

[mardatha]

I've got a pain in my shoulder blade that's goin through me like a knife lol and with me aye def old age!

Edited January 16, 2018 by mardatha

[blitzen]

Hope it eases off for you soon.   I'm going to go back and try again. 

[Ruzzi]

I'd estimate looking from the window that we have 2-3 inches at the moment and still snowing heavy. Also a covering in Livingston I'm reliably informed. You can see the depth from the close up of the tyre tracks. I'd give it 2.5 inches, definitely a solid 2 inches anyway. Plus bearing in mind that those tyre tracks aren't right through to tarmac, so the depth  is slightly deeper than what the tracks are   

Edited January 16, 2018 by Ruzzi

[Ruzzi]

Radar looking very healthy... and it's only to get better as the day goes on.

The showers are moving through in an ESE direction at the moment.

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by Ruzzi

[grifter]

Covering overnight, so here is my pic, driveway dry as sheltered but can see on pavement!

Snow

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by grifter

[Ruzzi]

Here's another wee video of current conditions. Depth will easily be 3 inches after this very beefy shower moves through 

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I get the feeling that this event isn't going to disappoint, for this area certainly. 

Edited January 16, 2018 by Ruzzi

[101_North]

Snowing fairly heavily and settling. Everything white but cover still light. Fingers crossed for today

[Ruzzi]

MetO going for a possible longer spell of snow later on this evening for the west. 

 

[grifter]

Proper blizzard now

Snow 2

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Dusting in Glasgow. A decent start.

[Hairy Celt]

Just on freezing and a light cover here - which means the Highlands are probably pretty buried now. Apparently Drumochter was closed last night although it now appears closed at Dalwhinnie. Lots of cams showing very snowy roads. Drive carefully chaps.

[aggy]

It’s just wet here ??

[101_North]

Looking back through the radar this is probably the first decent shower that we've caught here. Maybe a cm on the ground so far. Still coming down and the charts look great for later today.

[jellybaby1969]

Aggy....just a wet miserable morning in irvine too. Tho I do work in strathaven......v much a different story it should be snowing there.