Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[Quinach]

Stunning weather, max of 18.3c and the wind was lighter today which made a big difference to the feel of the day.

Clear blue skies with just the occasional hint of cloud.

You just get the feeling that we are going to pay for all this good weather later in the summer.

Quite a bit of plane activity round here today for a change.  Checking Flightradar some strange flights over North Scotland just now, presuming some kind of survey ongoing.

Edited April 23, 2020 by Quinach

[NUT]

25 minutes ago, Quinach said:

Stunning weather, max of 18.3c and the wind was lighter today which made a big difference to the feel of the day.

Clear blue skies with just the occasional hint of cloud.

You just get the feeling that we are going to pay for all this good weather later in the summer.

Quite a bit of plane activity round here today for a change.  Checking Flightradar some strange flights over North Scotland just now, presuming some kind of survey ongoing.

Funny I was talking about plane activity with a friend earlier on. Not seen one flying over here in about a month but that not all a bad thing must be doing wonders for air pollution (in a good way)

[Hawesy]

More of the same. Low cloud first thing but it burned back by mid-morning. Wind lighter than recent days so even though the temperature peaked around 11c it felt a bit warmer. 

As @Norrance said unusual for it to be so clear on the east coast with a persistent easterly wind. This may change tomorrow, according to the forecast, with the dreaded h**r possibly making an unwelcome appearance! 

Pretty sunset last night.

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by Hawesy

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Edited April 23, 2020 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[Hairy Celt]

I went north again today. Inland the temp got up to about 17C (and I got quite pink and sweaty in the sun for a while) but much lower on the coast.  Little of the cloud we saw yesterday but increasingly hazy - why's this, surely not home grown smog? The weather seems to be a bit slack over the next few days so perhaps at least the wind will drop for a while.

This was mid afternoon - there is some detail there, you just need to look quite hard...    

 

This evening's sunset looks the same as last night...

Today's music - Banco de Gaia and Thievery Corporation...

Edited April 23, 2020 by Hairy Celt

[Mr Frost]

Evening all!

18C today - best day yet with a light breeze! (Same again tomorrow for many of us!)

Another cracking sunset for many of us also I see! Yaaaaaas! 

 

 

What a day/night! 

All the best! 

[Hairy Celt]

A question for the knowledgeable: are we going to get a last wintry (or even semi-wintry) blast in the next 2 or 3 weeks? Wondering about gardening matters and also when to swap to summer tyres before shredding the weatherproofs on the A9....

@Mr Frost - your panoramic sunset is quite psychedelic, definitely one to keep.

Edited April 23, 2020 by Hairy Celt

[chemikal]

Just add to the sunset photos from this evening. Looking north towards Ben Lomond. The other photo is looking north from Linn Park Golf Course on Tuesday.

I was delivering our cleaning products to friends on Tuesday on the motorbike via the city centre, west end and then over the Erskine Bridge to Houston. Managed to get the journey filmed via my GoPro. The city & west end footage is so strange. So quiet. Might post a clip if I can remember who to use the editing software!

I could get used to this current weather. Even better today without a strong easterly wind. 

[Northernlights]

1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:

A question for the knowledgeable: are we going to get a last wintry (or even semi-wintry) blast in the next 2 or 3 weeks? Wondering about gardening matters and also when to swap to summer tyres before shredding the weatherproofs on the A9....

@Mr Frost - your panoramic sunset is quite psychedelic, definitely one to keep.

No real expert but the final winding down of the polar vortex and subsequent dispersal of cold air across the northern hemisphere  usually results in some cold air reaching us in the next month on northerly or  easterly orientated winds.

On a non scientific basis all our grass fields this year are very exposed with no woods or major dykes for shelter so cattle would  not like cooler spell. So much  more likely to happen. Going to try and sow swedes from second week of May as early  May still has a high chance of a frost. Runner beans in garden never planted out till June

Fabulous day again with top temperature of 17c and its still 9c here so maybe no frost tonight  and growth should take off if we get warmer nights.

[edinburgh_1992]

Tomorrow looks quite cloudy with some hazy sunshine at times. Saturday and Sunday bright, but looking very wet next week and beyond into mid-May even... Models are all over the place, so whilst the transition to wetter conditions seems certain, it isn't clear how long it will last. GFS has been hinting that high pressure could return reasonably soon

[Hairy Celt]

That was tempting fate to post that blue sky photo last night. This morning we have banks of low cloud (not properly haar yet) drifting in off the firth and it's pretty chilly.

We're doomed.

Edited April 24, 2020 by Hairy Celt
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[Mr Frost]

11 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

A question for the knowledgeable: are we going to get a last wintry (or even semi-wintry) blast in the next 2 or 3 weeks? Wondering about gardening matters and also when to swap to summer tyres before shredding the weatherproofs on the A9....

@Mr Frost - your panoramic sunset is quite psychedelic, definitely one to keep.

I can’t see any lowland snow happening now - still the risk of frosts though into the first half of May.

Sort out the garden and get the Summer tyres on. 

Lovely start here with just a wee bit of high cloud - should burn off shortly. 
Fine day ahead and tomorrow looks lovely also - reverts back to average conditions from Sunday though.

GFS shows a wee wintry blast on high ground in the latter stages but that will probably have vanished on the next run!

 

Current month really has been great - Met Office stats below are from the first half of this month but there has been very little change since! (Very interesting to see our stats at the end of the month)
 

Have a good day everyone!

Edited April 24, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Northernlights]

2 hours ago, Hairy Celt said:

That was tempting fate to post that blue sky photo last night. This morning we have banks of low cloud (not properly haar yet) drifting in off the firth and it's pretty chilly.

We're doomed.

Down to 2c at 6.00am this morning with yet another ground frost but low cloud rolled in here too about an hour later.   Temperature currently 8c

[trebor]

Three years ago today 24 april.

our weather can do anything at this time of year

 

[NUT]

Like most of the week nice once again albeit hazy. Admittedly looking forward to some weather at long last from Sunday onwards (too much of being stuck in a rut with the sunshine)

[Ravelin]

Definitely stuck in a rut here, making working from home much more difficult than it would be if it was wet and miserable outside. 

Exhibit No1... our Coronavirus fence... 

Well OK, that was mostly put up during the school holidays. 

Exhibit No2... our Coronavirus flowerbed... 

Now that was at least partially dug out from a weedy, grassy mess when I should really have been working. Hopefully it'll look more like a flower bed in a month or two if the seeds we put in germinate. 

Next weeks rain might help with that, but the cooler weather probably won't. 

[Hawesy]

Well the haar has stayed away so far but I can see it out in North Sea so fear it’s just a matter of time! 
Meanwhile it is sunny again but once more temperature is stuck around 10/11c with the easterly wind. 

[Ross B]

20c in Glasgow now and another beautiful day 

 

[NUT]

Actually any sort of haze has cleared. We're back to clear and blue again

[Hairy Celt]

@CatchMyDrift - is there a yellow theme starting there by any chance?

Our cloud lifted late morning but there's been more of a wind so more of a three layers day, even in the relative shelter of the garden.

[Hawesy]

Great photos @CatchMyDrift 

Not proper haar but the low cloud has rolled in here. Temperature now 8c 

[Hairy Celt]

1 minute ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Aye, if you don't like yellow look away now. And keep looking away for several weeks.

No problem with yellow. Yellow is warm. Yellow are the flowers that will rule the world...

[Norrance]

4 hours ago, Hawesy said:

Well the haar has stayed away so far but I can see it out in North Sea so fear it’s just a matter of time! 
Meanwhile it is sunny again but once more temperature is stuck around 10/11c with the easterly wind. 

Just thin cloud here but looking greyer to the East. Temp has dropped almost 9 degrees in the last couple of hours and there is a distinct chill in the light NE breeze. Now 7.5C.  Did some gardening and planting this afternoon and found the ground bone dry. Having had my front lawn die on me in 2018 I have already had the sprinkler in this week. Low pressure developing by next week but I don't see any sign of any significant rain in this area. 

[SW Saltire]

Gorgeous day, proper summer feel as still mid teens even now. Reached a peak of 20.5c in strong unbroken sunshine

This morning at 5:30 was down to 0.5c however.

One last glorious day tomorrow before we return to more normal conditions with hopefully some rain

[shuggee]

Thirty ninth air frost at 0.0°C last night. 22.6°C this afternoon. Marv.