Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[Northernlights]

After some light showers overnight this was the dawn to the N and NE  over the North Sea at 4,30am.   Mild night at 15c

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Was a mild night with min temp here of 14.5 C, currently 21.4 C quite cloudy ️ 

[Quinach]

Lovely mellow summers day, bar a pesky sharp shower mid-afternoon.

Generally light winds throughout and the frequent sunny periods allowed temperatures to peak at 21.1c.

Cracking evening for a walk with friends...

Edited July 13, 2020 by Quinach

[Hawesy]

A better couple of days over here. Yesterday the temperature crept up to 21.8c under sunny spells, easily the highest of the month so far. Clear sunny start this morning and though that won’t last we should get the best of the weather this week in the westerly set up.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Lovely skies here 20.9 C 

[Hawesy]

We were definitely in the right spot today. 9 hours of sun and a max of 20c. 

[bomdabass]

Hi folks, any way to find out what the number of sunshine hours has been so far for July at Met Office weather stations?

[Northernlights]

Mostly dry and dull today but warmish at 18c allowing us to turn hay.

A comment about climate change.On the last small bowl of strawberries for tea today so season over.    40 years ago we still had the same variety Cambridge Favourite and they started fruiting around the begining of July and ended in the first week of August .Now they start and finish around two weeks earlier from mid June to mid July. Always remember watching Wimbledon with my mother and seeing them eat strawberries at the begining when ours were still flowering or just green. and as Wimbledon finished ours were just starting to fruit properly     Remember buying a punnet of strwberries in Aberdeen  as a treat   when I was at college in the third week of June which had been grown in England.

Neeps too in the field started to touch leaves across the rows in the first week of July this year somethng that normally happened in the first week of August back then.

A photo of  young Mr Northernlights roguinging the last of the wild oats  in the spring barley this week a job I started forty years ago.Had to spray them they were so thick in the seventies but now down to a handful of  plants in each field now    Roguieng is thousands of pounds cheaper than spraying.

[Daniel*]

5 hours ago, bomdabass said:

Hi folks, any way to find out what the number of sunshine hours has been so far for July at Met Office weather stations?

Hi, you can from here most don't offer sunshine statistics but Glasgow does poor going 48 hours to 14th.

Meteociel - Climatologie mensuelle de Glasgow (UK) ( United Kingdom )

WWW.METEOCIEL.FR

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Résumé mensuel des observations météo ( températures minimales et maximales, précipitations et ensoleillement) de la station Glasgow (UK) ( United Kingdom )

 

[Northernlights]

4 hours ago, Northernlights said:

Mostly dry and dull today but warmish at 18c allowing us to turn hay.

A comment about climate change.On the last small bowl of strawberries for tea today so season over.    40 years ago we still had the same variety Cambridge Favourite and they started fruiting around the begining of July and ended in the first week of August .Now they start and finish around two weeks earlier from mid June to mid July. Always remember watching Wimbledon with my mother and seeing them eat strawberries at the begining when ours were still flowering or just green. and as Wimbledon finished ours were just starting to fruit properly     Remember buying a punnet of strwberries in Aberdeen  as a treat   when I was at college in the third week of June which had been grown in England.

Neeps too in the field started to touch leaves across the rows in the first week of July this year somethng that normally happened in the first week of August back then.

A photo of  young Mr Northernlights roguinging the last of the wild oats  in the spring barley this week a job I started forty years ago.Had to spray them they were so thick in the seventies but now down to a handful of  plants in each field now    Roguieng is thousands of pounds cheaper than spraying.

As if to back me up just read this on BBC news online

Siberian heatwave 'clear evidence' of climate change

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The heatwave would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, a study says.

 

[Ravelin]

Warmish here, certainly no heatwave though, but disappointingly cloudy with more frequent drizzly showers than forecast (a few fairly heavy but short lived). 

[Hawesy]

9 hours ago, bomdabass said:

Hi folks, any way to find out what the number of sunshine hours has been so far for July at Met Office weather stations?

Some stats in the link below too though not every site has sunshine hours. Aviemore sitting on a meagre 34 hours for the month so far. 

http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~brugge/CURR.html

[AFC Snow]

Very pleasant day with sunny spells. Currently 24C.

[Hawesy]

Warm and very pleasant in the afternoon sun, 24c recorded at Leuchars. It’s been a much better week locally. Best since May.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

21 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

Warm and very pleasant in the afternoon sun, 24c recorded at Leuchars. It’s been a much better week locally. Best since May.

Been a week (including today) of temps 20C plus each day, high today here was 25C  

[Norrance]

Sunny intervals  here too with a max of 22.7C in the fresh Westerly breeze. One rogue shower made it through in the late afternoon but apart from that dry and warm.

[Mair Snaw]

Evening all...

[Quinach]

What's not to like.

Max of 24c, light winds, plenty of sunny spells.

Tourists back in force going by the number of caravans and campervans on the A96 today.

[Ravelin]

35 minutes ago, bigsnow said:

Evening all...

Is winter coming already? That's the only explanation for bigsnow rising from his summer hibernation. 

15 minutes ago, Quinach said:

What's not to like.

Max of 24c, light winds, plenty of sunny spells.

Tourists back in force going by the number of caravans and campervans on the A96 today.

One of them was us as after months of largely staring at the same 4 walls, plus garden, we're are in Dornoch for a very welcome change of scenery. A full campsite too, despite only reopening fully again yesterday. Weather is a bit breezy and cloudier than it was in Aberdeenshire when we left though. 

[Mair Snaw]

11 minutes ago, Ravelin said:

Is winter coming already? That's the only explanation for bigsnow rising from his summer hibernation. 

One of them was us as after months of largely staring at the same 4 walls, plus garden, we're are in Dornoch for a very welcome change of scenery. A full campsite too, despite only reopening fully again yesterday. Weather is a bit breezy and cloudier than it was in Aberdeenshire when we left though. 

Just checking in to see if any early analysis for the coming winter... kind of hoping that we will get a proper throw back winter after all of the madness of 2020 so far.. anyways hope you are well buddy.

[mardatha]

If BigSnow is back then I can get oot the knitting. I wis bored anyway.

Dry and warm but very dark cloudy skies recently.  Not enjoying this weather much.

[Northernlights]

12 hours ago, Norrance said:

Sunny intervals  here too with a max of 22.7C in the fresh Westerly breeze. One rogue shower made it through in the late afternoon but apart from that dry and warm.

Exactly the same here yesterday allowing us to bale up two thirds of a block of hay before shower stopped us.Although photos don"t show it it was still nice and green.

 

Currently dull ,14 c and the odd spit of rain

Edited July 17, 2020 by Northernlights

[Mair Snaw]

Cloudy, damp and cool here today. At least its warm indoors.. 

How has everybody been doing over lockdown? Hope all are well and managed to stay safe.

Weekend looks good for a bit of dry weather may even pop to the beach ⛱ 

[Ravelin]

A bit of a persistent breeze in Dornoch today but the early cloud has broken up and it feels warm in the sun. OK out of the sun too, as long as you are also out of the breeze. 

The puppy (at 6 months she has grown and bulked up but still has 'puppy brain' at times) had her first excursion to a beach, which seemed to be a hit with her. She's now lying contentedly outside the motorhome watching the crows. 

Edited July 17, 2020 by Ravelin

[Mair Snaw]

@Ravelin what pup do you have??