Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[101_North]

Wow! Met more than a bit out with their low temps! -3c when I got up! Currently -2c! First proper white frost of Autumn! Stunning morning. 

[mardatha]

Lovely sunny morning blue skies and 1C, birds water was frozen. Fed birds, we've got a mob of wee sparrows living in the hedge and they sit on the fence and look into the kitchen until somebody feeds them.

[JamesM]

First proper frost of the season. Cars, grass etc all white and still hanging on in the shade. Stunning morning, not a cloud in the sky.

[bomdabass]

Definitely picked the wrong year to start growing stuff....

Last frost - May 14th - which is a couple of weeks later than anytime in the previous 12 years

June, July and August all less sun than normal

And now a first frost 3-4 weeks earlier than normal

[mardatha]

Yes, growing veg has not gone well here either. Funny year.

[shuggee]

Third air frost at - 2.7°C. All the begonias are black this morning. 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Low temp here of 1.6C and DP of 0.2C 

[Mr Frost]

Afternoon all!

Hope you are all well.

Very cold start for many I see! 

Glorious spell of Autumn weather! Currently sunshine and 7C outside after a freezing start to the day! 

These pictures below sum up the last few days here - brief heavy showers on Thursday (Mammatus clouds) and sunshine/blue sky galore ever since.

 

 

Perfect hiking weather - only thing missing for me was snowy peaks! (First settling snowfall usually arrives at the end of October)

All the best to you all!

Edited September 27, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Mair Snaw]

No frost here today.. just the same greyness as yesterday. No wind today tho so thats better than yesterday, other than that same s#*t different day.

[101_North]

Beautiful day! Walk up the reservoirs with the kids this morning and just back from a 30 mile jaunt round the Pentlands on my bike. Really busy up there today with folks enjoying the weather and meeting friends and family. Got a bit off the beaten track to get some peace and quiet. Stunning! Love weather like today! One snap as I was too busy enjoying being out to take any more

Time for a beer or 3!

[Norrance]

Max of 11C exactly today and min of 0.9C so quite cool overall. In the sun and with a lighter breeze it didn't feel too bad and I had a walk this afternoon in shorts and a t shirt though I had to pretend a bit to my wife that I wasn't really feeling cold. Looks like another coldish one tonight with temp currently 8.4C.

[Mair Snaw]

Lovely to see all these wonderful pictures... makes nice viewing instead of looking out at Aberdeenshire permagloom.

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

11 minutes ago, Mair Snaw said:

Lovely to see all these wonderful pictures... makes nice viewing instead of looking out at Aberdeenshire permagloom.

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

minus 1 this morning following by glorious sunny morning before high cloud filtered in from the west.

[Mair Snaw]

So Mrs Mair Snaw has today told me she wants more outside space. So i have agreed to another house move... she then says a home by the coast would be nice... she has been told to get tae f#*k. And quickly agreed to a move inland and said no more than 200m asl.. oh go on then.

[Quinach]

Overnight low of 3.1c so not as cold as further south.

Thereafter a forgettable day.  Generally grey, though the sun taunted you in the late afternoon by trying to break through the cloud.

Max of 11c and dry.

Strong aurora ongoing just now going by the alert I got, but the cloud is masking any view of that unfortunately.

[Puffy MacCloud]

Well that's the Indian summer finished. This morning the weather is dull, damp and disappointing.

Temperature currently 9.2 deg.C up from a minimum of 4.7 deg.C at 01:46, relative humidity is 95%, there's no wind, barometer at 1012.1 falling slowly, there's been 0.4mm or rain on the last 24 hours and the sky is 8/8 cloud covered.

Strangely, although my weather station is recording very little to no wind and the trees behind me are still, the wind turbine on the farm on the other side of the wood is going like the clappers. Either it's very exposed or I'm very sheltered here.

[Sanserit]

4 hours ago, Mair Snaw said:

Lovely to see all these wonderful pictures... makes nice viewing instead of looking out at Aberdeenshire permagloom.

Obviously a coastal issue as 18 miles inland, we had a cracking few days! High of 16.4 on Saturday and 15.4 on Sunday.

Walked into our town centre on Saturday to drop off a painted stone for our lockdown display project and the sun was beating down. Sunday, there was some thin cloud but till very pleasant along the bank of the Dee. We were keeping our eyes peeled for the elusive otters that have made their home here but all we managed to see were loads of ducks with their bums in the air, feasting on whatever was below the surface.

[Puffy MacCloud]

It's remained dull and damp with occasional drizzle producing a total for the day so far of 5.6mm of rain, temperature currently 14.0 deg.C, which is a fraction down on the high for today, the wind has remained light to non-existent and pressure is steady at 1012.9 hPa.

[Norrance]

Cool and cloudy here today with a max so far of 12C which is the current temp. Just a hint of rain about lunchtime but didn't last more than a few minutes.

[NUT]

After a damp middle of the morning to about 2 or so this afternoon the skies did break very sunny end to the day. Wonder if we get mist and fog tonight with the dampness of the ground so forth

[Sanserit]

Typical, I put washing out late morning, went onto a phone meeting then when I turned round it was raining! Not enough to register on my rain gauge but enough to stop my laundry from drying. Hey ho, looks like the drying rack will be used more often from now on. Hopefully tomorrow will be the best day of the week and the sun will make an appearance.

[Mr Frost]

21 hours ago, Quinach said:

Strong aurora ongoing just now going by the alert I got, but the cloud is masking any view of that unfortunately.

Could be a good show tonight.

 

Wet morning here today and then a wonderful sunny afternoon/evening - high of 15C.

Crystal clear overhead at the moment but can see those showers on the Coast.

 

Lovely tomorrow and then a washout Wednesday! 

All the best to you all.

Edited September 28, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Quinach]

A day of light grey Aberdeenshire Permagloom™ - clearing this evening to crystal clear skies!

Armed with the Aurora Amber alert, dragged the kids out to have a look an hour ago - to discover nought bar two satellites..... kids not impressed.  Just goes to show how quickly the aurora comes and goes.

The late evening clearance allowed some sunshine to appear just before sunset - the low angle of the sun making the clouds look particularly sinister...

Surprisingly mild day, with a max of 16c - coinciding with a few spots of rain around lunchtime (warm front passing over???).  Generally light winds.

 

[Puffy MacCloud]

An odd thing happened an hour after I posted here at 16:30; the sky cleared and the drizzle stopped. The only cloud visible was some cumulus on the western horizon. In the last couple of hours the cloud has started building again. We're getting some weather at last.

Temperature currently 6.1 deg.C, r.h. at 97%, pressure 1016.8 hPa rising slowly, and no wind registering. Total rain today was 5.6mm.