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

[blitzen]

59 minutes ago, Northern Strath said:

@NUT that's tragic, sending you love and light. 2017 took two wonderful people from my life, here to help if you need 

 

 

Yep.......Me too.   One funeral down and another one to face next week!

[Cheggers]

Awesome moon rise tonight.

[Northernlights]

Fine start to the day with blue skies.Lots of snow on the hills round the Firth. Flocks of pigeons too on the lookout for feed (possibly Scandinavian ones)

A maximum of 2.5c

[Northern Strath]

Sorry to hear that @Blitzen

After a truly dismal weather day yesterday a much more welcome contrast today

 

[Stormeh]

Looks like it will be turning colder at the end of the week from the E/NE. Lots of excitement in the model forum from our southern friends 

Hopefully plenty of snow on they way for us. Like @Ruzzi I am hoping for a Forth - Clyde streamer  or even a front from the west trying to push in and stall over us as it hits the cold air and dump a pile of the white stuff 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

A lovely day here in the borders. Calm, cool and mainly sunny.

Went a wee walk with mini Mrs SS and the dugs up Lee Pen at the back of Innerleithen. 

https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/borders/lee-pen.shtml

Snaw still lingering on the higher peaks in the area.

[Hawesy]

My best wishes to both @NUT and @Blitzen

And a Happy New Year to all on the thread!

Started 2018 with a 16 mile walk near Dunkeld. Pretty tricky underfoot with icy conditions but worth it for some of the views.

 

[Hairy Celt]

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Six dogs rescued from Liverpool multistorey car park gutted by fire

Headline from the Graun. Seems a strange and cruel thing to do to rescued dogs.

Yes I'm bored.

There was a shower a bit ago.

Cold snap incoming - possibly snowy here Friday night....

[lorenzo]

Happy New Year All, will the weather deliver an Easterly to kick off 2018 - let's hope so  Everything crossed, been here, many, many, many times before with the ECM and it's garden of delights...

[Northernlights]

Was talking to Aurora Storm about this forecast easterly and she was saying that if some of the coldest solutions come off  and we look at a spell of weather similar to December 2010 then  maybe potent winter cold  will  not be so rare in the future and something has changed to cause it. 

Also I  am one of those who believes the sun is  an influential driver of our weather and it is now becoming much less active with the lack of sunspots similar to some of the years prior to 2010.   So in my opinion a series of colder winters beckons

[Stormeh]

The 18z GFS looks interesting from Thursday evening into the early hours of Friday morning. 

Heavy snow for central and southern areas if this was to come off but the models are changing with each run even at such a close range. It will probably be gone by the morning runs but it’s good to see the possibility there though instead of boring wet and windy rubbish 

 

 

[101_North]

11 hours ago, Stormeh said:

The 18z GFS looks interesting from Thursday evening into the early hours of Friday morning. 

Heavy snow for central and southern areas if this was to come off but the models are changing with each run even at such a close range. It will probably be gone by the morning runs but it’s good to see the possibility there though instead of boring wet and windy rubbish 

 

 

Some inland areas should do well. Us more coastal folks might need to wait until late Saturday into Sunday before uppers approaching -10c begin to arrive - my interpretation of the charts is open to discussion though. Until then it looks very marginal for the east coast with plenty of green on the charts you posted. In any case I don't expect snow until I'm out of the country on Monday

[101_North]

5 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Some folk are going to get pasted within the next week, the charts are loaded with potential. Some lucky punter will get 6 inches on Friday as the low passes through and another six inches into Saturday as the wind ends up NEly with loads of showers off the North Sea. Upland Perthshire somewhere? 

One thing which doesn't look likely is mild mush...10C any time soon? Unlikely.

Yep. Someone's getting the sledges out for sure! Really liking this winter so far. Loads of potential which makes a change from the last few years!

[edo]

whats the betting @More Snowdoes well out of this 

as CMD says almost anyone could..... we do not too bad in NE as long as there is a fair bit of E so fingers crossed i break the sledge drought

still a worrying amount of prexip charts have the snowshield in place but these charts not the most reliable at 3/4 days out

real potential for a cracking cold spell especially @101_North heading away and taking one for the team 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Frost this morning now sleety pish. Glad I took the opportunity for a nice walk in hills yesterday.

Looking interesting towards the end of the week certainly.

Edited January 2, 2018 by scottish skier

[101_North]

Horrible day! Dark and lashing with sleety pish!

[Hawesy]

32 minutes ago, scottish skier said:

Frost this morning now sleety pish. Glad I took the opportunity for a nice walk in hills yesterday.

Looking interesting towards the end of the week certainly.

Was just thinking the same thing myself (re yesterday).

For the likes of Norrance, Sawel etc. in the Dundee area the good news is I won’t be here for much of the upcoming weekend so you have a reason to be hopeful! 

With both @101_North and me away things are looking up for the east coast contingent!

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23 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Horrible day! Dark and lashing with sleety pish!

What @101 said!

[Hairy Celt]

Oh for sleety pish. Just cold drizzly muck turning heavier in the last hour, and the lights haven't gone off since breakfast. The prospect of a return to work doesn't help.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Actual big fat flake snawy sleety haily pish here now. Lying a bit at Soutra from the looks of it.

Edited January 2, 2018 by scottish skier

[edo]

ditto here but lile SS some large flakes at times.... bit chilly taking down the outside decorations in it.... needs must though.... as soon as festivities are over i must remove all decs.... 

charts for end of week keeping festive spirit going though 

[Polar Gael]

Happy New Year, kilters.

After an overnight frost, we then had some of the afore-mentioned sleety pish. However, a couple of hours ago, this turned to wet snaw and it's been belting down with varying degrees of intensity ever since. An unexpected wintry surprise. Currently 0.4C/1C. 

[blitzen]

2 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

Oh for sleety pish. Just cold drizzly muck turning heavier in the last hour, and the lights haven't gone off since breakfast. The prospect of a return to work doesn't help.

Samaritans?

[mistyqueen]

Afternoon all! Well, that's the deccies doon and the cards ready for re-cycling. Will be staying aff the sauce for a week or so just to give the liver some respite. As for the weather,horizontal rain and cauld wi' it. Out for walkies later if the rain goes aff. Snaw for some at the weekend, probably not for me, but since we've already had a drop or two this winter, I can live with that! Enjoy it when it comes!❄❄❄⛄⛄⛄

[Northernlights]

Dull dreich day here too.Started off at 1c with a ground frost and overcast then rained late am till now off and on with a maximum temperature of 3c. A fresh wind also got up around midday became calm in the afternoon but has risen to strong again in the last hour.