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

[Cheggers]

Snaw starting here now, just in time for rush hour

[101_North]

Heaviest shower yet. Nice big flakes settling easily. 

Edit: Just not long enough!

Edited February 27, 2018 by 101_North

[Cheggers]

Heavy heavy snaw

[Stormeh]

Heavy snaw shower here, big fat flakes!

[NUT]

Heaviest lot of the day coming through and it's settling proper too. The beginning of snowmageddon

[Stormeh]

Just got a text message from kids school and nursery saying both will be closed tomorrow

[LomondSnowstorm]

Looking good here as well - down to -1.5C with close to an inch just from that last powdery shower and with the next shower just about to start.

This ENErly direction is probably optimal for a good distribution of snow down the east coast and as it turns to more of a due easterly direction we may start to see an increased concentration along the Forth-Clyde region but with uppers as low as they are I think we're all in for a very snowy 48 hours or so (away from the Killie snowshield )

[Guest]

Very light snow shower here. all the heavier stuff seems to have gone to the south of me.

[Sawel]

The intensity of these showers is crazy.

[Sunny Leith]

5 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

Looking good here as well - down to -1.5C with close to an inch just from that last powdery shower and with the next shower just about to start.

This ENErly direction is probably optimal for a good distribution of snow down the east coast and as it turns to more of a due easterly direction we may start to see an increased concentration along the Forth-Clyde region but with uppers as low as they are I think we're all in for a very snowy 48 hours or so (away from the Killie snowshield )

Yeah, no complaints, at best an even 1cm round here but given the marginal beginning to the day in Leith it's a relief. Some folk have already had a good start but for most of us it looks like its the next 48 hours that determine whether we bracket 2018 alongside other memorable events, or whether its a footnote that didn't match the hype. 'Mon the snaw !

[Kayemill]

It's a start. 

Maybe catch a few more. -1 the now  

[Rickoza]

Playing dodge the shower here this afternoon.....-)

[ECOSSE1650]

Heavy snow shower in Motherwell for about 10 minutes at 1715 everything white, incredible how quickly it lay.

[JoeShmoe]

hooning it down here, heaviest shower of the day ....

[Northernlights]

Wind stared to pick up from the east after lunch time and we have had a few flurries/grauple this afternoon Any thawing areas in the sun started to skin up about 3.00pm and it is now 0c with larger looking showers to the east with a tendancy for them to come in from north of east  an absolutely fine direction for them to funnel into  the Firth all the way to Inverness. Seems we may get some snow overnight.

[LomondSnowstorm]

Absolutely belting it down here - I feel like I'm a child again. Amazing stuff 

[lorenzo]

Plenty of 'blobs' ( technical term) lined up on radar, got dunted by one coming off the M-8 on way back home. Ferocious brief blizzard conditions, AWESOME!

Re: Red Warning - be interested to know what would warrant that, unless one of these troughs does the stall on the central belt thing...

Some model accumulation charts

 

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Edited February 27, 2018 by lorenzo

[A Winter's Tale]

Very heavy snow has deposited 1-2cm.

[Glaswegianblizzard]

5 minutes ago, A Winter's Tale said:

Very heavy snow has deposited 1-2cm.

Same just outside Glasgow City Centre.

[Serac]

Huge shower just went through south Queensferry. Proper whiteout blizzardo. 2cm in 10 minutes

[101_North]

Absolutely pelting down! From damp and 'meh' to white and 'yay' in 30 seconds

[frewbuddie]

Very heavy snow here just stopped.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Heaviest snow of the day on now and starting to lie 0.4C / -4.0C  

Edited February 27, 2018 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[Duncan McAlister]

29 minutes ago, Rickoza said:

Playing dodge the shower here this afternoon.....-)

Same! They are literally passing over my house on the radar but not materialing (barring 15 minutes at 4pm).

[NorthernRab]

Wind has gone NErly here: 0'C dewpoint of -7'C and heavy showers forming in the firth!