Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[Mair Snaw]

@Hairy Celt surprisingly dry here this morning. how long that will last who knows. all doom and gloom over in the mad house still this morning. Uncle Barty is coming to end winter, folk signing out till next winter. same time next year lads.

[mistyqueen]

Ah well, here we go! Had a wee puff of 50mph just after 6 this morning, and as I was making a cuppa and feeding kitties the power went off for about 10 seconds. Currently charging batteries for lanterns, have plenty coal, wood etc so should be ok. It's to get worse later on, so I'll  just coorie in by the fire for the day. See you on the other side!

[shuggee]

Disgusting weather. Going to be breezy this afternoon here in Edinburgh....

Looking ahead, is Sunday the first bringing of snow to the masses? 

[Sceptical]

23 minutes ago, shuggee said:

Disgusting weather. Going to be breezy this afternoon here in Edinburgh....

Looking ahead, is Sunday the first bringing of snow to the masses? 

Definitely a change in fortunes for the Scottish ski centres. Over a foot of snow from today until Sunday for Nevis and Glencoe. Half a foot for Cairngorm and Glenshee.

The centres desperately need snow to avoid a repeat of last years disastrous season.

Current conditions upper mountain Cairngorm.

 

[Sceptical]

1 hour ago, edo said:

Incredible video, never seen anything like it.... Would have been changes of underpants galore sitting through that 

Weather wise, that was my second worst offshore experience since 1987. A similar storm in 1993 caused the mooring anchors of the Safe Supporter to snap in massive seas. The flotel didnt have means of propulsion so we were adrift and out of control.

We passed dangerously close to the Lonond platform but thankfully didnt collide. Evacuation wasn't an option as the weather was to bad for the coastguard helicopters

Hours later a vessel managed to get a tow line in place and the biggest helicopter evacuation in north sea history got underway.

Horrendous.

[NUT]

Has been wet but surprisingly the wind has not yet (unless that still to come) almost calm out there at the moment

[Sceptical]

3 hours ago, bigsnow said:

@Hairy Celt surprisingly dry here this morning. how long that will last who knows. all doom and gloom over in the mad house still this morning. Uncle Barty is coming to end winter, folk signing out till next winter. same time next year lads.

Heavy snow forecast for Alford Thursday morning. Looks like you're getting an upgrade on the sleet.

[Sceptical]

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Currently 12C here with strong SW winds. Had to stick the bins in the garage as they were starting to move around. Peak winds are forecast around 2pm with 50mph gusts. 

Edited January 7, 2020 by Sceptical

[blitzen]

Central belt (east central anyway) appears to have escaped the worst for now?   Slight wind is all.  10.6c/SSW/10mph

 

 

Edited January 7, 2020 by Blitzen

[mistyqueen]

Got the soup pot bubbling away. Lighting the fire soon, got knitting and books to hand, torches too. Cleaned, trimmed wick and filled oil lamps. Nothing else I can do. Bring it! 

[mardatha]

29 minutes ago, Blitzen said:

Central belt (east central anyway) appears to have escaped the worst for now?   Slight wind is all.  10.6c/SSW/10mph

 

 

Blowing a gale up here, coming right in the front windows, from the south west I think. Heavy drizzle. All ready here too mistyQ for possible powercuts.

[Zenarcher]

Wet and windy day here so far with a top gust of 50mph the same as yesterday. Out in the Western Isles I've been told Benbecula airport reported 74mph and Barra airport 75mph gusts this morning but again yesterday they had gusts similar to that which had no weather warnings out for wind.

Edited January 7, 2020 by Zenarcher

[Ross90]

Picking up a bit in Lanarkshire over the last hour, top gusts around 50mph so far, similar to yesterday.

[Mair Snaw]

Yesterday was worse here.

[Sceptical]

A few trees have come down between Keig and Whitehouse around Alford. I also noticed a few trees hanging against other trees - care required 

Temperature driving across Tillyfourie was 14C about 20 minutes ago.

[NUT]

Getting a bit breezier but nothing compared to what was forecast

[Mair Snaw]

24 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

A few trees have come down between Keig and Whitehouse around Alford. I also noticed a few trees hanging against other trees - care required 

Temperature driving across Tillyfourie was 14C about 20 minutes ago.

get your saw out and thats next winters wood sorted.

[Sceptical]

1 hour ago, bigsnow said:

get your saw out and thats next winters wood sorted.

[snowidea]

Wind picking up here a bit in Falkirk. Thoroughly miserable day all told, was pitch black when my S1 son walked down for the bus. 

[Ross90]

Quite tame really where i am, top gusts around 50 - 55mph but mostly in the 40s.Every 'stormy' spell over the last year or so has been watered down quite a bit by the time it arrives.

[Zenarcher]

The wind has picked up here again just after 4.30pm with gusts according to the local weather station just under 50mph. The Western Isles had a windy afternoon with 81mph being the highest gust reported out there at Barra airport.

[Northernlights]

Fine windy start to the day with the ground getting dry enough for dust to blow on the farm track. However the afternoon brought even more wind and heavy rain to lay the dust.              It even reached 14c about an hour ago.

[Ross90]

Might have spoke too soon, 55-60 mph gusts and driving rain for the last 20 minutes in Motherwell. 

[NUT]

I think the cold front just went through here  That was WILD for about 20 minutes (I had to go get some milk too) that was fun!

[JamesM]

Quite a squall not long passed through here. Driving rain and very windy. Now passed and it's all of a sudden dry and calm. Feeling very mild with it. Car reading 12c coming home from work.