Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[Hairy Celt]

Graupel now. Good eh, getting all teknikal.

[Quinach]

Temperature dropped in the last half-hour or so by 0.5c, down to 0.4c.

Doesn't sound a lot but it has made a big difference for the snow as its now steadily accumulating even though the precipitation rate is the same as the last few hours.

Depth now 1.5cm and local roads turning white so going to be a interesting commute home for some.

[shuggee]

Was snowing at home at 6.30am but never really stuck until further north/east past Blyth Bridge. Understand it's still green at home now - too far south and west it seems.... Pah.

[Sceptical]

Raining when I left the office in Aberdeen. Slightly different at home

 

 

[Ross90]

Nothing but drizzly rain and quite murky here, we're too low to get anything of interest in a setup like this.

[Zak M]

Well, some parts of Scotland are getting battered by snow! Nice pics too!

Some snow also visible over webcams in Scotland:

[Zenarcher]

We had some sleet and snow showers in the morning but it didn't settle at low level still just on the hills. Today has been cloudy but mostly on the dry side.

[Ravelin]

Height is king today.

Left Portsoy about 15:30 where it had been moderate sleety rain most of the day, but didn't need to go far inland for the temp to drop 2 or 3c and it to turn to falling and lying snow. Roads slushy in places up to and beyond Huntly. Didn't seem too bad though so decided to head short way over the hill. 

Roads still slushy up to Kennethmont, but got increasingly snowy, and deep through Clatt. Road over Suie Hill was deep with snow, worse I've been over it in, but I made it. Even with 4WD and all season tires I had wheels spinning a little on uphill. Called wife to tell her to avoid it. 

That was completely green at 8am.

Got up the drive at the house with a little sliding. I'd estimate 10—15cm lying, a bit wet and heavy but easily the most this winter. 

Still falling with a decent intensity. 

Oh and snow plough went past going up the hill as I was clearing the driveway for my wife, who was about 15mins behind me and had gone the 'long way around' via Rhynie. 

[101_North]

Snow back on here at home but it's light and not settling.

Edit: And it's back to rain

Edited February 24, 2020 by 101_North

[Sceptical]

Definitely tricky driving as Ravelin mentioned. Here's a video of the  Aberdeen to Alford road around Tillyfourie. Slightly further on, the X5 with winter alloys and tyres slid into the oncoming lane. Speed was around 20mph and thankfully no oncoming traffic.

A passenger recorded the footage

 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Sceptical

[Mr Frost]

Great pictures/videos above @Ravelin @Sceptical

The snow covered trees look incredible - proper Winter scene!

What height do you both live at? Would sell my granny for a depth of snow like that this Winter/early Spring!

Edited February 24, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Sceptical]

9 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

Great pictures/videos above @Ravelin @Sceptical

What height do you both live at? Would sell my granny for a a depth of snow like that this Winter/early Spring!

The house sits at 165 mts asl and theres a couple of inches in the garden. Tillyfourie is around 200 mts asl and the snow is a deeper up there.

If memory serves, this could be the heaviest snowfall since 2018.

Edited February 24, 2020 by Sceptical

[AFC Snow]

Snow is back on and settling much better than earlier in the day.

[Ravelin]

23 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

What height do you both live at?

My house is roughly 220m asl, the picture of the road over Suie Hill was probably taken at just under 400m asl as I stopped on the downhill just over the summit. I certainly wasn't stopping going up! 

[Norrance]

Just sleety rain here all day. Max was 3.0C and now 1.5C but still rain.

An acquaintance posted this picture of the A826 this morning not long after the plough had been through. It is at 300 mtrs asl though. The poles marking the edge of the road do come in handy at times.

Edited February 24, 2020 by Norrance

[snowidea]

I'm basically going to sulk until June. 

[101_North]

Not a trace of anything left from this morning now. Quite a damp and miserable evening!

[Mr Frost]

1 hour ago, 101_North said:

Not a trace of anything left from this morning now. Quite a damp and miserable evening!

At least you had snow on the ground today! Plus you have experienced a frost in Luxembourg and snowfall in Nashville recently! Oh and that wonderful snowman from last week or the week before! 
 

Same goes for @CatchMyDrift with snow to his knees up Glen Ogle last week and snow on the ground this morning.

Spare a thought for us poor folk who have not even seen a cm of settling snow this Winter. 

Keep the faith my fellow snow starved Scots - our time will come...probably next Winter! 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Quinach]

It took a long time to get going but the snow is now coming down thick and fast, helped by the temperature dropping to 0c - mesmerising to watch, though kids think I'm mad going out to measure it... 

[Hairy Celt]

Melting sleet sliding down my window now - the car had a steady 1.5C for my drive back to the digs and there was no lying snow to be seen anywhere up to about 150m.  All fairly pish really, especially as I had an afternoon out in it planned to coincide with its arrival.

Oh for a decent northerly.  They seem to be lost in the mists of time now.

[101_North]

All eyes to the weekend then?

[Hairy Celt]

17 minutes ago, 101_North said:

All eyes to the weekend then?

Oh will yer no get tae *#@$ wi yer nonsense...  

[101_North]

26 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

Oh will yer no get tae *#@$ wi yer nonsense...  

True GFS is generally a load of baws

 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by 101_North

[Hairy Celt]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

True GFS is generally a load of baws

HOT baws at that.

How do I change this crappy little dull chink noise for NW notifications to something cheerier?

[BurntFishTrousers]

If it's snow and ice you're after, then I managed to capture Greenland and Baffin Island earlier on MN-2 satellite pass. Looks like hefty dose of sea ice, icebergs dotted around.