Scotland/Alba Regional Weather Discussion - 16/01/2018 Onwards

[101_North]

Snowing here now. Not settling though.

[101_North]

Typical. Just as the ppn is clearing through it gets heavier and starts to stick!

[JamesM]

Clear skies this morning but a covering overnight on the grass and paving. It has half melted and now frozen solid on the road.

[Kayemill]

Probably about the same as the other day.

 

[Hairy Celt]

Stuck at home with the lurgy this morning - it's 0C but bone dry and just lingering bits of wispy cloud. Doesn't look like incoming showeriness at all.

[blitzen]

Lovely day here as you can see. 1.2c/-1.7c.

Didn't..... Catch .......anything last night!.....but still hopeful for Sunday.

[Ruzzi]

The Model runs are completely all over the place at the moment. I think the best option is to just focus short term on our snow chances (since we have that luxury to take our minds off the further outlook) and revert back to looking at the models more in detail beggining to middle of next week. I do have the feeling that after the warming has occurred and had a couple of days to propogate downwards that the charts will suddenly swing to a mass of high - mid latitude blocking. Whether it be favourable or not remains to be seen, and yes we can make a good go at predicting what the ssw will lead to tropospherically but the models just seem to struggling. It feels like one of those scenarios where suddenly everything changes and a cold speed appears from nowhere at 5 days out. 

Edited February 9, 2018 by Ruzzi

[Ruzzi]

Weather warning issued for Saturday into Sunday now 

[Stormeh]

I agree Ruzzi, forget about the SSW just now. There are plenty of snow chances for Scotland over the next week starting from tomorrow night. Just browse through the first 96 hours on the models and you can see we are in for some decent snowfall across most of Scotland.

[Northern Strath]

Was snowing this morning at the house, showery though, just a covering as I left and -2c

Have had some heavy showers where I'm working this morn too, near sea level and just north of Inverness 

This winter is casually notching up the numbers. Snow falling at the house in 8 out of the last 10 days with a similar forecast ahead by the looks. In total we've now had over 3 feet of snow fall since December 7th, the glens further west will be reporting more than that. Winter 17/18 you sneaky wee sod you ❄️

 

[blitzen]

51 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

 I wonder if @mardatha got anything?

Well,   if she did,   she sure as hell isn;t going to tell you!

[NorthernRab]

Slightly puzzled by the mood of despair in the model thread this morning considering the next week looks like a polar maritime airmass will dominate and going forward there seems to be clear signals for blocking at high latitudes. 

Considering the SSW doesn't even occur until early next week and the fact that any downwelling from the stratosphere leading to more favourable tropospheric conditions will take weeks as opposed to days, why on earth are they all complaining that an easterly isn't showing in the medium term? Especially given the fact that NWP is so volatile at the moment!

Feeling very positive about the coming month and early March but baffled, as always.

Edited February 9, 2018 by NorthernRab

[shuggee]

6am and snow was bucketing down. Nice covering, 2cm max. Another snow day at 9am. Pretty in the sunshine just now on my day off 

[Hawesy]

2 hours ago, Northern Strath said:

This winter is casually notching up the numbers. Snow falling at the house in 8 out of the last 10 days with a similar forecast ahead by the looks. In total we've now had over 3 feet of snow fall since December 7th, the glens further west will be reporting more than that. Winter 17/18 you sneaky wee sod you ❄️

 

To put some perspective on that I would estimate I’ve accumulated about half of what you’ve had since 7th December (i.e 18” or 45cm) in the 13 years I’ve lived in coastal NE Fife and now Dundee.  That may even be an overestimate! 

[Serac]

The obligatory Norwegian snow and ice photos

[Northernlights]

.Another crisp sunny day with snow showers dotted around  the horizon round the Firth.Had a lot of these days this winter which in spite of not seeing a lot of lying snow like those further west has at least made it look and feel like proper winter. Currently 3c with frost first thing which came in with the daylight.

[Northern Strath]

wow @Hawesy I tip my hat to an exemplary snow shield performance there! At least you're lucky enough to have lived in Canada, where they really know how to do winter ?

[Hairy Celt]

2 minutes ago, Serac said:

The obligatory Norwegian snow and ice photos

I promise I won't call you a southerner again ! I like the one of the river and trees especially.

[101_North]

Nice wee afternoon walk around St. Abbs to Coldingham. Stupidly I was nearly back at the car when I remembered to take a photo!

 

[biggreyface]

1 hour ago, Serac said:

The obligatory Norwegian snow and ice photos

This is the kind of wind up that belongs in the mad thread 

Only jesting  I'm pretty sure that by next weekend we'll have our own pictures of a lovely snow laden Scotland 

[Hawesy]

Beautiful afternoon in St Andrews. Sunny skies, 5c.

[Benvironment]

I feel so alive on days like this

[Stormeh]

12z looking good for snaw right though 

Edited February 9, 2018 by Stormeh

[Stormeh]

Euro 4 looking tasty with the borders possibly getting a good pasting tomorrow night

[mardatha]

Heriot had a good fall of snow this morning, hubby says about 2" but the A7 stayed clear. I missed it because was stuck in hospital in Embra.. good to see that we might get some more tomorrow night though