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

[Benvironment]

Snowing now that the wind has turned northerly....but too late to amount to anything.

[Penicuikblizzard]

Snowing heavily in Edinburgh now 

[Weather Wonder]

Looking like we can write tonight off, it was a highly marginal event lots of respect to those who put there neck on the line for this, and congrats to those on higher ground!

One of the few times in my time with netweather their model output in the very short range just didn’t seem right.

Luckilly we have multiple chances for snaw next week, Tuesday standing out more than any at least imby.

[aggy]

Dry as a bone here showers seem to be dissipating on approach over the Firth of Clyde or heading south

[snowidea]

Not a flake here overnight as far as I can tell, just rain. Beautiful morning though. 

[101_North]

Looks like I missed a reasonable snow fall at home:

[Benvironment]

Worst ice of the winter up here. I just went out for a walk before breakfast but didn't get beyond the house! Be careful if you're heading out, whether it's on foot or in a car.

[Hawesy]

Will be interested to hear from @CatchMyDrift @scottish skier and @shuggee this morning but already my predictions are looking too generous for the south and east.

We’re now in wait and see mode as colder air filters in from the west the snow showers should get going. Still plenty of time until tomorrow at midnight (is what I’m telling myself!) 

[Stormeh]

So many beautiful heavy snow showers out west but as aggy said they are just dying out as they approach the west coast. We need the winds to turn more westerly.

[Hairy Celt]

1C and bone dry with well developed fern ice on windscreens. 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

1-2 cm of crusty snaw here. 

While it was impressive when falling last night, the front moved so quickly there wasn't time to get much out of it.

[Duncan McAlister]

What a surprise, the first shower of the (waking) day here is rain.

[Ravelin]

Beautifully bright and sunny looking day outside,  but not a hint of any white stuff. 

[Hairy Celt]

and.... @shuggee's last to call in cos he's out building a giant snowman having skied to Penicuik for breakfast. Perhaps.

[Northern Strath]

Solid here also following last night's lacklustre affair, a low of -4c. Nice out west

[Cheggers]

nothing overnight after the rain, but everywhere frozen.

[Hairy Celt]

One thing that is still the case: no forecast or chart or wet finger in the air is able to say whether it's going to snow here any better than me with the good old council lamp post. Euro4: 3/10; NMM4: 2/10; radar: 4/10; BBC broadcast with the knicker-sniffer on heat: 2/10, etc. Here I don't even have the advantage of there being another NW Highlander to the north-west.

Moan over. Back to bed to nurse the lurgy again.

[shuggee]

Hello, hello, can you hear me? This is the Upper Tweeddale jury dialling-in.

4cm at my hoose. A very crusty surface of ice. A701 yet to be gritted, so a fun drive to Moffat!

[Northern Strath]

14 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

I don't even have the advantage of there being another NW Highlander to the north-west.

We need to have a Heilan recruitment drive, find more highland based weather aficionados/ resort to attaching GoPros to some sheep

Edited February 11, 2018 by Northern Strath
My font size is drunk

[blitzen]

Morning all.   Same as Cheggers for me last night.   After heavy rain,  skies cleared and turned icy.  

Windy but braw day here.

[Hawesy]

Keep in mind, good people, that the predictions were for snowfall through to Midnight tomorrow, plenty of time for  a miracle  the westerly to deliver. 

[Ross B]

It's snowing here 

Edited February 11, 2018 by Ross B

[Hawesy]

1 hour ago, Duncan McAlister said:

What a surprise, the first shower of the (waking) day here is rain.

Colder air filtering in this afternoon should turn showers to snow later even at the coast. Whether they lie or not is a different matter. As a fellow coastie good luck to you!

[Stormeh]

Just had a heavy but brief snow shower. If those showers out west were moving in a more westerly direction then I would be out just now building a snowman with the kids

[Duncan McAlister]

17 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

Colder air filtering in this afternoon should turn showers to snow later even at the coast. Whether they lie or not is a different matter. As a fellow coastie good luck to you!

Pelting down these last five minutes ? Good luck to you too!