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

[Polar Gael]

52 minutes ago, Stormeh said:

Pishy sleet here, non event, winter is over blah blah blah!

....Or maybe not!

Boom?

Pishing it down with cauld sleety rain here this morning. Not enough altitude. Snaw over the moor to Braco. 

[Norrance]

23 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Huge hints of blocking centred to our north:

Over in the MT I notice for the first time that John Holmes has mentioned a change in the anomaly charts with blocking now showing to the NE. Could be on to something if this repeats!

[NUT]

Guess where the band of.............whatever it was broke up? Where I am  Didn't get any snow at all

[Hawesy]

Morning all - a right messy mix of conditions out there today. Needless to say it's plain rain in St Andrews at 3c/2c.

@CatchMyDrift Tell me the wet baw temperature is not going to become a thing...

@aggy Are you telling me you've now had a measurable snowfall? 

[Richard Taylor]

Yes just rain in Aberdeen so far with a hint periodically of some snowflakes within... I think that means sleet!

Airport is forecasting snow from about 12noon, we'll see what happens in the city (I suspect it may remain as rain).

We've really missed the snow so far this winter.

 

[blitzen]

40 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Your wet baws are a permanent feature. I think about them every time it snows.

 

Really?

[Richard Taylor]

Well well - now snowing in Aberdeen!

[Ravelin]

4 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

Well well - now snowing in Aberdeen!

Aye, that was a surprise. 

[howham]

Anyone know if the snow survived further inland this morning in Aberdeenshire?

[Stormeh]

If the 12z runs continue to show what they are showing just now then the netweather forum will crash! 

A repeat of 2010 would be great! 

[NUT]

It's a really nice afternoon now and not that cold in the sun very pleasent

[edo]

1 hour ago, Richard Taylor said:

Well well - now snowing in Aberdeen!

nice..... thats been a long time coming

 

well a cherry picked chart here but anyone fancy - 16 uppers tickling them 

[Cheggers]

3 hours ago, NUT said:

Guess where the band of.............whatever it was broke up? Where I am  Didn't get any snow at all

Yep,. split right on approach

[NorthernRab]

12 minutes ago, edo said:

nice..... thats been a long time coming

 

well a cherry picked chart here but anyone fancy - 16 uppers tickling them 

All very speculative at the moment, but great to see some very potent north easterlies modeled out in stupid territory.

 

@Hairy Celt @Northern Strath @Northernlights

 

Take note, the fabled Moray Firth streamer  might be on the cards! 

[howham]

33 minutes ago, Stormeh said:

If the 12z runs continue to show what they are showing just now then the netweather forum will crash! 

A repeat of 2010 would be great! 

Agreed although perhaps without the falling gutters this time...

[Mr Frost]

Stopped off at Arrochar for twenty minutes on the way to my brothers house.

Who needs the Swiss Alps when we have the Arrochar Alps? Unbelievable scenes - always breathtaking in Winter when snow is about. 

Edited February 13, 2018 by Mr Frost

[Richard Taylor]

Snow's gone, nice & sunny now. Never really lay, not even in upland Aberdeen! When the charts are in alignment and show snowmageddon inside T48, I might sit up and take note!   

[Ravelin]

3 hours ago, howham said:

Anyone know if the snow survived further inland this morning in Aberdeenshire?

Just home and there's still a covering of snow on the grass, but really just remnants of slush on the roads. Not really a measurable depth on the grass in the garden, but enough that's there's not much grass showing through. 

[Gogoslo]

38 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

Snow's gone, nice & sunny now. Never really lay, not even in upland Aberdeen! When the charts are in alignment and show snowmageddon inside T48, I might sit up and take note!   

The north east really haven't had much luck on the snow front this winter.   Maybe the SSW will help create some snow potential from the east later in the month.    Cant make much sense of the model thread these days  ( not that I ever could ).    It seems to have attracted more and more trolls which is a shame as I enjoyed reading some of the more learned posters. 

 

[Standfree 1903]

3 hours ago, howham said:

Anyone know if the snow survived further inland this morning in Aberdeenshire?

What part of the shire? I’m driving Ellon to my house in kennethmont,the further inland the more snow there is on the ground,very slushy tbh and according to my missus it’s pretty wet slushy at home also.Its going to be a nightmare when it freezes over tonight,tomorrow looking cold as well

[Northernlights]

Snow from this morning remains in shaded areas with the frost.Short of neeps for inside cattle so lifted a few in muddy conditions.However by late afternoon the ground was skining up with frost and neeps were cleaner and machine working better. Currently 0.5c and clear

Edited February 13, 2018 by Northernlights

[mardatha]

Still pure white up here.

[shuggee]

In the end, the last hour of ppn here this morning was proper snow. New covering on top of the old. A crunchy inch left 

[mistyqueen]

Well, we woke this morning to ....... GREEN, GREEN, and MORE GREEN! Snaw disappeared overnight, just had a few flurries of snizzle and light snow during the day. As for the Beast from the east, well, even wee Seannie oan STV said that it would get very cold towards the end of the month, from the east! We'll see!

[Standfree 1903]

11 minutes ago, mistyqueen said:

Well, we woke this morning to ....... GREEN, GREEN, and MORE GREEN! Snaw disappeared overnight, just had a few flurries of snizzle and light snow during the day. As for the Beast from the east, well, even wee Seannie oan STV said that it would get very cold towards the end of the month, from the east! We'll see!

It’s about time the cold and snow started coming from a more favourable direction for us in the north east.Things look to be turning cooler later in the month,fingers crossed for now