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

[Benvironment]

Oh and 0C with an extra inch fallen this morning. We're back up to 9cm again. And now I'm wondering if there is anywhere else in the world where metric and imperial measurements get used in the same breath? ;-)

[101_North]

2 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

I work in St Andrews (where it is snowing lightly but not accumulating) so can't comment on Broughty Ferry until I get home this evening. Tempted to do what @Benvironment suggests and rush home to check....but that would just jinx it! 

You'll have to wait until around 6pm for confirmation, I'm afraid. 

Phone a neighbour, the local garage, a taxi company! Come on dude be resourceful 

[blitzen]

2 minutes ago, Benvironment said:

Oh and 0C with an extra inch fallen this morning. We're back up to 9cm again. And now I'm wondering if there is anywhere else in the world where metric and imperial measurements get used in the same breath? ;-)

They get used under the same roof here!

[Glaswegianblizzard]

The pavements of Glasgow we’re like an ice rink this morning, last nights snow and rain froze over into a thick sheet.

Doesnt seem like there’s been any more snowfall here since last night. Certainly nothing that has accumulated.

[Hawesy]

7 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Phone a neighbour, the local garage, a taxi company! Come on dude be resourceful 

And spoil the surprise? No way!  It will have to be a lot heavier on the other side of the Tay coast than it is here in St Andrews right now if it's going to accumulate,  I'll say that much. 

[Ruzzi]

4 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Is that part of this kinky little thing?

What is that??

I noticed that on the BBC forecast last night when they ran the pressure charts, they had an area of heavy snow attached to it that tracked directly across the central belt but with everything being further north at the moment, I wouldn't be all that surprised if it's slightly north of where was forecast. 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Ruzzi

[Stormeh]

24 minutes ago, lorenzo said:

This blob is looking properly decent... WOMP!

Please tell me its heading for the Central Belt?

[GraemeB]

2 minutes ago, Ruzzi said:

I noticed that on the BBC forecast last night when they ran the pressure charts, they had an area of heavy snow attached to it that tracked directly across the central belt but with everything being further north at the moment, I wouldn't be all that surprised if it's slightly north of where was forecast. 

My thoughts too...could spell carnage.

[shuggee]

An extra 7cm here overnight and the efforts of digging out the car yesterday were in vain! 

 

[Ruzzi]

1 minute ago, shuggee said:

An extra 7cm here overnight and the efforts of digging out the car yesterday were in vain! 

 

Good job it's an X-drive ???

[Snowlover2]

Surely they can see from their radar that eastern Scotland has very heavy snow right now? We still don’t have a warning.

 

 

[shuggee]

1 minute ago, Ruzzi said:

Good job it's an X-drive ???

 

Dam right Ruzzi!  That was a must have living here.  She gets up the drive in the ice like a whisp of wind 

[blitzen]

Chucking it down here at the moment!

Hawesy,  you t!t,  you're fired!  Will never rely on your predictions again.......I already have the 2 1/2" inches you said I would get last night!

[Ross B]

7 minutes ago, Ruzzi said:

I noticed that on the BBC forecast last night when they ran the pressure charts, they had an area of heavy snow attached to it that tracked directly across the central belt but with everything being further north at the moment, I wouldn't be all that surprised if it's slightly north of where was forecast. 

They also mentioned a period of heavy snow with blizzards moving across the south in the afternoon  (Ayrshire south wards) so it could be that too... Either way the radar is looking better 

[biggreyface]

Another bleak mid winter day here in the trossachs  ( well if your a mildie) 

Snow has been on and off all morning  5cm on top of  half inch of ice from last night bringing the total  back up to 15cm on the ground again . It really has been a great winter's  week. 

I noticed they we're talking about  avalanches  in the alps next week obviously it's the Arrochar one's 

[Snowlover2]

Car was clear at 4am this morning. Will measure in a bit. 

[101_North]

That area of the Central Belt just north of the Forth looks like it's getting plastered this morning! That area of ppn extends back some distance! 

[Ruzzi]

6 minutes ago, shuggee said:

 

Dam right Ruzzi!  That was a must have living here.  She gets up the drive in the ice like a whisp of wind 

Can't say I'm not jealous, mines gets out the drive like a snail on Valium as soon as there's more than an inch ??

[Ruzzi]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SeanBattySTV/status/954292978096463872?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

courtesy of Sean batty about 15 mins ago. Unfortunately no times attached but from what I can fathom it still has the aforementioned kink loaded with snow to track of the central belt 

[Snowlover2]

3 minutes ago, 101_North said:

That area of the Central Belt just north of the Forth looks like it's getting plastered this morning! That area of ppn extends back some distance! 

It’s even heavier than Tuesdays lot. Can only just see the houses across the road through the snow. 

[RedShift]

A fresh 4-5 cm since the school walk this morning. We now have a near-horizontal tree over our garden, oh well it will keep the washing dry in the summer 

[Benvironment]

Visibility is a tad poor up here just now.

[GraemeB]

Incoming

 

[Ruzzi]

3 minutes ago, GraemeB said:

Incoming

 

That blob out west still looking alright for the central belt, simply because it's pretty hefty so has more margin for error north or south 

[shuggee]

4 minutes ago, GraemeB said:

Incoming

 

But the question is trajectory.  Due east or ESE?