Scotland/Alba Weather Discussion 2019

[Norrance]

Tay bridge has been closed to all but cars for some time now. Means +60mph gusts continuing.

[Snowlover2]

6 hours ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Definitely a problem for us, it's ridiculous and my comment was very tongue in cheek. We need a complete overhaul of how we do sport in this country as the weather is a huge hurdle. I can remember getting sent out to play rugby on a pitch that was more puddle than grass as a kid, it doesn't teach anyone anything, except resentment

Our boys are on winter break which means no games for 3 months. Utterly ridiculous. SYFA say no outdoor games at all! 

[Quinach]

Windy out there at the moment but mild at 7c!

Alas there is a lot of cloud cover.  In the few gaps in the cloud cover to the north there are some very tantalising glimpses of the aurora - looks like a strong show for the lucky ones with a clear view.

Edited February 8, 2019 by Quinach

[edinburgh_1992]

Next week looks increasingly mild, only downside is that it could stay quite grey at times. Mainly dry in the east, but possible rain on Tuesday. 

Nobody knows what will happen after. We see blocking on one run and then flattening on the next. 

[Mair Snaw]

Stay away from the cold hunt thread.... wow its bad in there this morning. sea ice melting no its not oh yes it is. global warming this global warming that, missing scientists, nasa this and that. 

[Zenarcher]

Just went and checked the Met Office stations and those uploading to Weather Underground as well the highest gusts from Friday and Saturday morning from around Scotland,

Gilmilnscroft Catrine 82mph
Loch Carrie 75mph
Dundrennan 74mph
Fleet Bay Solway Firth 73mph
Sannox Isle of Arran 69mph
Forth Bridge 66mph
Lower Milovaig Isle of Skye 65mph
Isle of Barra 64mph
Letham Shank Farm Berwick-upon-Tweed 64mph
Giffnock Glasgow 64mph
West Freugh 63mph
Prestwick Airport 62mph
Charterhall 60mph
Kingsbarns Fife 60mph
Tiree Airport 59mph
Loch Glacarnoch 59mph
Maybole 58mph
Aboyne 57mph
Campbeltown 57mph
Glasgow Airport 56mph
Leuchars 55mph
Eskdalemuir 55mph
Bunessan Isle of Mull 55mph

Edited February 9, 2019 by Zenarcher

[edo]

3 hours ago, bigsnow said:

Stay away from the cold hunt thread.... wow its bad in there this morning. sea ice melting no its not oh yes it is. global warming this global warming that, missing scientists, nasa this and that. 

yes i think "cold hunt" is actually rhyming slang for what most of them in there are which is a "daft " 

[Mair Snaw]

Radar starting to look interesting for a few in here tonight. a big blob coming into the borders could this turn to snaw? also see some snaw showers across other areas as well.

[Hairy Celt]

Tomorrow night's snow seems to have done a 'cold hunt'y 80110X on us....

[shuggee]

1 hour ago, bigsnow said:

Radar starting to look interesting for a few in here tonight. a big blob coming into the borders could this turn to snaw? also see some snaw showers across other areas as well.

2.4/1°C and we've had some "sleetyness" so far.... Not holding my breath.

[Northernlights]

Still a bit breezy but the last two days have been tiring outside with very strong winds and squally showers of rain making the surface very muddy. Currently 4c.

[Mair Snaw]

Wow the " daft c**t" thread has really gone to pot tonight. it was a good idea to start with but the petty squabbling and gfuqhgfpjhing in there is just beyond words.. and im still unable to post in there for what i dont know yet so many in there are at it all day long yet seem to be able to just continue. its the mods i feel sorry for having to deal with that kind of school yard crap day in day out, if they aint gfuqhgfpjhing about the lack of cold they are gfuqhgfpjhing about who is getting snaw and how much or failing that its uppers and breakdowns, i personally think that most in there are on the verge of a breakdown and all coz they aint seen a flake all winter...

[mistyqueen]

Lovely sunny morning here, temp around 1.6c. Didn't get bothered too much by Erik the other day, just lots of rain and general squals.

Was away last weekend, had the journey from hell on the way home. Car broke down at Doune, phoned Green flag at 10am. Plenty of other calls throughout the day and we were finally picked up at 3.30 to be trundled home. Now there's not a lot to see in Doune, but me and Bro made it to the wee cafe to warm up and drink lots of tea to warm up. No idea what the temp was, but Baltic probably covers it. So finally loaded onto a truck from Lix Toll garage, who dropped us there and we transferred to another truck to Fort William. Truck number three was tootling along nicely when the divers boss called him to say accident at Auchtertyre, road closed both ways. This was around 7pm. It was suggested we get to Kintail lodge Hotel and car would be relayed home next day. I thought, is the hotel even open? Boss man called to check. Nope. Closed. My heart had hit my boots when we heard of the road closure, now it plunged to depths unheard of. My last gasp effort: there's a wee hotel in Dornie. Please, please, please be open! When we turned the corner and saw lights on and folk stuffing their faces in the bar my happy wee heart started dancing. And yes, they had rooms available too! Bar was very busy for a Monday night, full of folk trying to get to Skye, stuck in Dornie for the night! Barman was kept very busy that might, but I was just so thankful to be warm at last, with grub in my belly and a dram in my tiny frozen paws! Dornie hotel gets full marks and a gold star from me, Green flag will have to redeem themselves big time, and refund me my hotel costs before I even think about awarding any marks to them. Five hours from first phone call to first pick up is not acceptable. Got my sword sharpened, sword at the ready, full body armour being polished as I type. Green flag, I'm on the warpath!

Talking of swords, went to the Bannockburn exhibition last Sunday. Fab-u-lous Dahling! Even if you're not that interested in history go and see it. If you behave you can get to dress up in armour and wave a sword around!

 

[Hairy Celt]

Did anyone think that Brexit would let us escape the Euroslug? Nah, thought not.

[ciel]

49 minutes ago, mistyqueen said:

Dornie hotel gets full marks and a gold star from me,

What a nightmarish journey, mq. I had a wee car 'incident' around 10 days ago in ice and snow, but Green Flag refused to attend. Fortunately the car was driveable and a local ( Somerset ) gardner managed to sort the bit that was hanging off.

I agree, the Dornie Hotel is a great friendly place for a stop-over.

[Methuselah]

1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

Did anyone think that Brexit would let us escape the Euroslug? Nah, thought not.

Bloody snowmoaners, forever trying 'thwart' Snexit...In the words of Uncle Nige: Moaning! Whinging! Whining!

[JamesM]

Something quite sleety passed through overnight and then froze. Thick ice on everything this morning. 

Now sun, no wind and feels quite spring like. 

[Mair Snaw]

why has my previous post been hidden??

[Hairy Celt]

35 minutes ago, bigsnow said:

why has my previous post been hidden??

Maybe you're ignoring yourself?

[Mair Snaw]

cant even reply to a sticky note.... yet the mountain thread is full of off topic crap so much utter crap and play ground crap yet they all just seem to be able to get away with it all the time, so why do i bother?? it does seem to me that some members get better treated than others.

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, bigsnow said:

cant even reply to a sticky note.... yet the mountain thread is full of off topic crap so much utter crap and play ground crap yet they all just seem to be able to get away with it all the time, so why do i bother?? it does seem to me that some members get better treated than others.

Your post was automatically hidden because of it's vile content. I also ask the same question as you, why do you bother?

[Hairy Celt]

7 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Your post was automatically hidden because of it's vile content. I also ask the same question as you, why do you bother?

'Vile content'? Gosh. You mean like is already spattered randomly all over the internet?

[Hairy Celt]

Heavy rain on now, nothing even slightly wintry about this at 4C. After a quite lovely day too.

[Glaswegianblizzard]

39 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Your post was automatically hidden because of it's vile content. I also ask the same question as you, why do you bother?

If it was the post I'm thinking of there was nothing vile about it. Pretty standard chat in Scotland. 

[Northern Strath]

Not going to amount to a great deal but heavy snow on here just now, still got a lot of the old cover with some areas a real compacted icy mix of slide on your erse. Cold start this morn, nice to see the hard frost return after a dose of the wet and windy mince