Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

3 minutes ago, shuggee said:

Seems that the prospect of anything else electrical has rapidly diminished. Shame.

Just for the record was up to 27.7C yesterday. Currently 20.4C, full cloud, dry and bright.

I wouldn’t write it off too quick this stuff is a trough but I’m still thinking could be some cells triggered ahead of it then the front still to move in later which is what the models show has the main action later this evening and tonight... hopefully 

[Hawesy]

Great work on the photos @Stormeh 

Haar is back this morning though it’s still mild at 18c. Forecast for the weekend looks grim (storm potential aside). 

[colrobs]

Superb photos from last night @Stormeh. I think @JamesM was right and this is what I could see from Cambuslang lighting up the clouds.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Cell has developed along the front of the trough toward Selkirk / Denholm 

[shuggee]

1 hour ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

I wouldn’t write it off too quick this stuff is a trough but I’m still thinking could be some cells triggered ahead of it then the front still to move in later which is what the models show has the main action later this evening and tonight... hopefully 

Spot on @Kirkcaldy Weather

[scott125]

Heard a rumble here in East Kilbride

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

4 minutes ago, shuggee said:

Spot on @Kirkcaldy Weather

Might skim here to the east but sky is full of high level cloud atm so will hear it before I see it

[Sunshineandshowers84]

So it is was Thunder I heard. I thought it was actually guys loading a van outside at first..

[JoeShmoe]

Gone dark and eerily still here in Embra ... 

[Stuart]

still waiting for my 1st of of the year up here but look like yet agan at the moment it all going to wase 

[rossco89]

Well, I went out last night expecting the system that was creeping up the Irish sea to continue into the Dumfries and Galloway, then into Ayrshire. Lots of flashes to the south of me, which was promising, then to my north west, the cell over Arran popped into action, and I could only see the tops of the cell from my vantage point. After 2 hours, I called it quits and walk home. I'm in the house for 5 minutes, and BOOM! I bolt out the back just as there's another flash directly overhead. Me, runs back to the vantage point....and waited....and waited....nae luck. 
Rather jealous of those who got lucky on the Ayrshire coast, that was a nice unexpected surprised and the images I'm seeing are superb. 

[Quinach]

Hottest day so far, currently 26.6c.

Even more impressive is that this is with a backdrop of a stiff SE wind and a very hazy sky as demonstrated below.

Meanwhile, just 16 mile to the east Aberdeen is stuck around 20c.

[JoeShmoe]

Thunder rumbling around here now ...

[101_North]

Boom! First rumble so far round these parts!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Yep first distant rumble here too

[Stuart]

hope there clouds can do someing 

[Quinach]

Hmm, my interest is piqued.

In last half hour, the skies to the south have gotten darker and a lot of cloud has started to bubble up.  Makes a change from the high level haze of the last few days!

Now the wait to see if there's some crash bang action, temperature starting to drop as now "only" 25.9c.

[mardatha]

1 hour ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

Cell has developed along the front of the trough toward Selkirk / Denholm 

It just got me lol now cleared. Ongoing continuous thunder, very odd. Cat still under my chair

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Decent storm here but can’t see structure too much high cloud similar to last years storms. Had one flash of lightning and a lovely long rumble of thunder also some other thunder. Make that 2 flashes and more nice loud thunder

[101_North]

Meh! 

[Hawesy]

7 minutes ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

Decent storm here but can’t see structure too much high cloud similar to last years storms. Had one flash of lightning and a lovely long rumble of thunder also some other thunder. Make that 2 flashes and more nice loud thunder

Nice thunder/haar combo here, got very dark about 5 minutes ago. 

[Jo Farrow]

Just been up a hill inland East Lothian to the east of this lot. Most exciting

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

4 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

Nice thunder/haar combo here, got very dark about 5 minutes ago. 

Think I jinxed it with that time I mentioned before about a haar thunderstorm lol, hopefully more storms head up here later 

great pics @Jo Farrow makes me wonder if it was an embedded elevated supercell along the trough.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[Northernlights]

Getting darker here with heavy showers on the radar to my NE at the edge of the Firth and too my SW west of Aviemore both very visible from here.Always fascinated to  see these types of showers spring up from nowhere. Currently dry  calm and 23c

Edited June 26, 2020 by Northernlights

[Stuart]

8 minutes ago, Northernlights said:

Getting darker here with heavy showers on the radar to my NE at the edge of the Firth and too my SW west of Aviemore both very visible from here.Always fascinated to  see these types of showers spring up from nowhere. Currently dry  calm and 23c

I had a few big rain drop on my head when I was out but at  the moment not much happing