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

[TinyTim]

1 minute ago, Mr Frost said:

This is insane now - 35 minutes of total whiteout conditions and still going! Without doubt the heaviest snowfall I have ever seen. 

I am currently in Croftfoot (four miles Southeast of Glasgow city centre and it is just bonkers what is currently falling!) Cars are stopping on the road and just waiting it out - Amber warning for here well merited!  

Send us some of that please  

Tim

[Hairy Celt]

2 minutes ago, edo said:

oh my days.... all happy with my fun a moment ago but now got snow envy 

He's just a hillbilly

[Hawesy]

@edo I know, I think I was underestimating on quite a few of my predictions! Unfortunately overestimated a couple too! 

@Norrance Just had a short shower here in the Ferry, nice to see though still a way to go before I get lying snow!

[Kayemill]

Kids having a ball this is becoming epic. 

[cscrim]

5 minutes ago, edo said:

been bike sledging since home from work.... great fun 

what the hell is bike sledging?

[grifter]

Another wee video of one of the earlier mini-blizzards, just had another blast there, seemed even more intense this time!

Snow 2

Edited January 16, 2018 by grifter

[Glaswegianblizzard]

5 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

This is insane now - 35 minutes of total whiteout conditions and still going! Without doubt the heaviest snowfall I have ever seen. 

I am currently in Croftfoot (four miles Southeast of Glasgow city centre and it is just bonkers what is currently falling!) Cars are stopping on the road and just waiting it out - Amber warning for here well merited!  

Sounds like the south of the city has had far more snow than the north.

[colrobs]

Heavy snow in Cambuslang for almost an hour now. Almost blizzard conditions at times. There is a bit of a wind at times which it driving it along at times. Glasgow City must have taken a fair bit looking at the radar. Driving conditions don't look good. And more to come looking at the radar.

[edo]

4 minutes ago, cscrim said:

what the hell is bike sledging?

tried to attach a video but too big a file even ehen trimmed down to a few seconds.... i get some long string and tie the sledge to my mountain bike and cycle around the cul de sac..... great fun 

[grifter]

8 hours ago, colrobs said:

Heavy snow in Cambuslang for almost an hour now. Almost blizzard conditions at times. There is a bit of a wind at times which it driving it along at times. Glasgow City must have taken a fair bit looking at the radar. Driving conditions don't look good. And more to come looking at the radar.

I have purposely not looked at radars tonight in case I seen a snow shield lol, just enjoy whatever comes along!

[Polar Gael]

Had a lively drive back from Crieff just after 4pm. Left here: roads clear, even after the regular top-ups throughout the day.

One very heavy shower - and another temporary whiteoot - later and it was a crawl back from Crieff in a caterpillar conga line behind a bus, taking about 40 mins.

Has continued to snaw at will and now we're safely below freezing point, it's topping up nicely. -0.4C/-1C. 

Snaps from a couple of hours ago. Was a mere 3 inches then. 

[Rickoza]

Wish NLC would just make the call to close all schools tomorrow and give folk a chance to organise things.   That's on for at least another 5-6 hours on and off.

[edo]

cycle sledging

lily sledge_1_1_1.mp4

[cscrim]

2 minutes ago, edo said:

tried to attach a video but too big a file even ehen trimmed down to a few seconds.... i get some long string and tie the sledge to my mountain bike and cycle around the cul de sac..... great fun 

fantastic, wish id thought of that when kids were a few years younger.

[colrobs]

1 minute ago, grifter said:

I have purposely not looked at radars tonight in case I seen a snow shield lol, just enjoy whatever comes along!

Enjoy !

[Northern Strath]

4 minutes ago, edo said:

tried to attach a video but too big a file even ehen trimmed down to a few seconds.... i get some long string and tie the sledge to my mountain bike and cycle around the cul de sac..... great fun 

Same here edo, getting this

Any tech boffins suggest anything? Using iPhone and can't clip it, cheers 

Edited January 16, 2018 by Northern Strath

[101_North]

Urrggghhhh! Everything out the front door was white, quiet and fantastic looking. Then the council send folks round with noisy things, big metal scraping things and brown sandy sh*t!

Edited January 16, 2018 by 101_North

[grifter]

8 hours ago, 101_North said:

Urrggghhhh! Everything out the front door was white, quiet and fantastic looking. Then the council send folks round with noisy things, big metal scraping things and brown sandy super duper!

They are quick enough to clear snow I'm sure they know we like it and they are just spoiling our fun!

[Ravelin]

Kind of surreal sat here reading all your snow stories when, as predicted giving the direction its coming from, there's not a flake to be found here. I'm not venturing near the MOD thread though just in case any of you posted a snow picture in there. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Kind of surreal sat here reading all your snow stories when, as predicted giving the direction its coming from, there's not a flake to be found here. I'm not venturing near the MOD thread though just in case any of you posted a snow picture in there. 

we had one shower get thru at lunch time gave a dusting but that's it, everything on the radar looks good but by the time it reaches huntly is died out.. 14 miles to far east at the moment.. think I might move again..

[Bullseye]

21 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

This is insane now - 35 minutes of total whiteout conditions and still going! Without doubt the heaviest snowfall I have ever seen. 

I am currently in Croftfoot (four miles Southeast of Glasgow city centre and it is just bonkers what is currently falling!) Cars are stopping on the road and just waiting it out - Amber warning for here well merited!  

Croftfoot was mayhem around 5pm tonight, looked like there was a car on side of the road (road may have been closed off?) plus other drivers where attempting to get up hill but no success. Must be a good 6/7 cm of snow here in Castlemilk, maybe best snowfall since 2010.

[Mr Frost]

Caught the tail end of it on video! (Was too busy watching in amazement to record it )

Fair whack in the garden now. 

Will take better pictures in the morning! Still a few hours of these intense snow showers to go! 

On a side note I am going to be a dad on March 5th - wish he was here just now to see this! (Parents and kids are currently out with sledges) - hopefully we see a day or days like this again in the future! It really has been unbelievable- will never forget 16/01/2018! 

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[lorenzo]

This Iguana looking blob might pack a punch on it's way through...

Well played @edo 

[edo]

11 minutes ago, Northern Strath said:

Same here edo, getting this

Any tech boffins suggest anything? Using iPhone and can't clip it, cheers 

im on android but i found a video editor feature which let me trim the video and reduce the quality to get it below the 7mb..... i would imagine the iphone has an edit function too 

[edo]

7 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Kind of surreal sat here reading all your snow stories when, as predicted giving the direction its coming from, there's not a flake to be found here. I'm not venturing near the MOD thread though just in case any of you posted a snow picture in there. 

SS needs to post a GFS chart and a picture of his picnic bench saying how great the GFS was at picking out an extraordinary event far out and GFS is king.... that should do it