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

[101_North]

Charts like this:

and Met Office forecasts that say "Longer clear spells in the East with more isolated snow showers" don't fill me with much enthusiasm

Euro4 not offering a huge amount of comfort either LOL

[grifter]

15 hours ago, aggy said:

Glasgow airport diverting all flights to prestwick runway like an ice rink 

 

u know it’s always bloody annoyed me how it can be this cold and RAIN ....... it can rain for days but when snow forecast somewhere  it never hits us and just RAINS again 

Defo something in that aggy, i watch with amazement when snow forecast it seems to literally disipate as soon as it hits just west of me or the clouds split. Some goes north, the rest goes south. I haven't seen one flake, not one in this whole washout. Mind you i'm glad, i don't like cold really for too long, at least a bit of snow makes it worthwhile.

[Kayemill]

Is this for realsies?

[101_North]

28 minutes ago, Kayemill said:

Is this for realsies?

Looks good for the West later. Compare and contrast to the East

[Kayemill]

Just rechecked mine and some kind chap at the MO has corrected mine back to sleet. 

Will see what happens later. 

[aggy]

44 minutes ago, grifter said:

Defo something in that aggy, i watch with amazement when snow forecast it seems to literally disipate as soon as it hits just west of me or the clouds split. Some goes north, the rest goes south. I haven't seen one flake, not one in this whole washout. Mind you i'm glad, i don't like cold really for too long, at least a bit of snow makes it worthwhile.

I live on the Ayrshire coast so u can litterally see it split every time . I’m used to it but do like to moan about it .  It’s almost like your due the rewards for enduring the cold but naw have some freezing rain and black ice ?

[blitzen]

Would be nice if this materialises tomorrow afternoon

Morning:		3°C
Afternoon:		3°C
Evening:		0°C
Overnight:		-1°C
Tomorrow:
Morning:		-1°C
Afternoon:		2°C
Evening:		0°C

 

Edited December 13, 2017 by Blitzen

[Hairy Celt]

Gloomy, cold and wet this morning. Struggling to find the will to live open the curtains. Maybe tomorrow.

Edited December 13, 2017 by Hairy Celt

[GraemeB]

Listening to BBC Breakfast presenters attempting to sing leaves me struggling to find the will to live.

I'd rather have sleety pish (c) 101_North than listen to that.

[101_North]

14 minutes ago, GraemeB said:

Listening to BBC Breakfast presenters attempting to sing leaves me struggling to find the will to live.

I'd rather have sleety pish (c) 101_North than listen to that.

was it that gobsuper dupere Evans? I'd take a mongooseing mild, wet Christmas over that ham sandwich!

[GraemeB]

Pretty much all of them tbh.  Especially the sports dude.

He's the guy at the party who stands in the corner and nods his head all night....

[101_North]

Just now, GraemeB said:

Pretty much all of them tbh.  Especially the sports dude.

He's the guy at the party who stands in the corner and nods his head all night....

Ahhhh... the TV. I saw 'BBC Breakfast presenters' and immediately assumed it was that angel delight off the radio 

[101_North]

1 minute ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Says the man who lives 30 miles west of me...

LOL  It's a fair point! 

[NorthernRab]

re Christmas - look north, not east perhaps?

 

Edit:

And no, that wasn't a cryptic crossword clue.

Edited December 13, 2017 by NorthernRab

[101_North]

Showers turning increasingly wintry here. 

[NUT]

Had the first sleet shower not that long ago feels pretty cold out there 

[Kayemill]

Wet snow here.

[Hairy Celt]

Some sleety super dupere here a while back, coinciding with me going up the street without a coat  Fooks sake, going out without a coat....

[101_North]

What absolute twaddle from today's Edinburgh Evening News:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/white-christmas-predicted-for-edinburgh-1-4638460

"If you put £5 on at the bookies for it to snow in Edinburgh on Christmas day, you would get a mere £5 back profit for your troubles. The city is among the favourites across the UK to have snowfall on the most magical day of the year, with the city hopefully not just waking up to presents left by Santa – but up to 10cm of snow according to the Met Office."

Not saying it won't show on Christmas day but I cannot find a single chart, quote or forecast to support this article at this minute in time!

 

 

 

 

[Northernlights]

Started off thawing this morning but as skies cleared around middday the puddles started to ice over. Lots of wintry showers on the horizon to the west and north and currently1.5c.  

Even if it warms up next week and there is no more snow this winter we at least  up here have had a proper wintry spell and can say we have had a winter.Very slippery  out there now with frozen snow.

Edited December 13, 2017 by Northernlights

[Hairy Celt]

55 minutes ago, Northernlights said:

Started off thawing this morning but as skies cleared around middday the puddles started to ice over. Lots of wintry showers on the horizon to the west and north and currently1.5c.  

Even if it warms up next week and there is no more snow this winter we at least  up here have had a proper wintry spell and can say we have had a winter.Very slippery  out there now with frozen snow.

Cleared here, now. Temp back down to 1C so really bloody slippery out and the windscreens all covered with big ferns.

Nowt like Mogwai to counter Xmas festive dog biscuits.

[GraemeB]

I'm still recovering from the Mirror's Polar Vortex on Xmas Day headline.

[mistyqueen]

Today we have had mostly thick rain and hailstones. Rather raw oot there, temp currently hovering around 2c.

[mardatha]

101_north that headline is obv aimed at the tourists, get them to come to magical Edinburgh for xmas and spend their magical money..

[mardatha]

Catch, either that snow will fall on the southern borders, or maybe from East Lothian down to Berwick...  or else it will fall on the Edinburgh/Livingston/Glasgow central corridor. Either way guess who will be sat here in the middle chewing cushions...