Scotland /Alba weather discussion 2020

[BurntFishTrousers]

9 hours ago, Norrance said:

Did anyone spot this little feature to the West of Lewis yesterday. Polar Low? A little eye in the middle and round and compact. Snow around at least on its East side. Where did it go?

Seems I caught it live yesterday as I was decoding a particular satellite pass. In this post below. 

 

[Klippie]

From the joys of the other day's snow we're back to the mild soaking wet shitey pish again, at 16:00hrs it was lashing with rain on my way home...that was the heaviest rain I've seen for a while the roads were awash with some big dub's for the car to splash through.

I poked my nose in the mad thread...I hope someone is keeping the sharp implements away from them..!!!

The Metoffice 10 day tend suggests there may be a bit of a cold coming our way but they are not too sure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAQdAzZBLPQ&t=0s - strange they are showing runs from the ECMWF and GSF but not their own model runs

If this were to come off would this not dump a whole load of snow.

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[Zenarcher]

A horrible wet and windy day here and this evening a road close to me was closed due to flooding. There was still snow on the hills although not as much compared to Tuesday.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Zenarcher

[edinburgh_1992]

4 hours ago, 101_North said:

I question my own sanity cycling in that!! Horrible stuff!

(still better than the bus)

I've put my bike away and I don't think I'll be taking it back out anytime soon looking at the forecasts. Couldn't get worse for us

[Northernlights]

Cool dull day .Started a mid winter muck out of cows fold at lunch time and then the heavens opened and all tracks turned to inches of  mud. This will do until end of April if needed Reminiscing about the past over 40 years ago when you could pick a frosty spell at this time of year for this job and keep the mess down.

[shuggee]

Snow melt, heavy rain and this:

Landslide closes A83 near Rest and be Thankful - Argyllshire Advertiser

WWW.ARGYLLSHIREADVERTISER.CO.UK

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Latest slip occurs east of landslide catch-pits

Such a vital road with that huge diversion if they cannot use the military diversion. 

[Jo Farrow]

3 hours ago, shuggee said:

Snow melt, heavy rain and this:

Landslide closes A83 near Rest and be Thankful - Argyllshire Advertiser

WWW.ARGYLLSHIREADVERTISER.CO.UK

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Latest slip occurs east of landslide catch-pits

Such a vital road with that huge diversion if they cannot use the military diversion. 

corking pic in daylight, worth clicking on for full image 

 

[Sceptical]

10C strong SW winds bringing blustery showers.

[Mair Snaw]

This has probably been the worst winter i can remember in many a year. just day after day after day of south west winds and rain with the odd cold day. i really do that this is not a sign of winters to come. maybe we are just in one of them spells of mild winters and we will get a spell of cold ones still in a few years..

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Windy, showery 11 C... Winter where art thou?  

 

 

 

[Zenarcher]

Another horrible wet and windy day here and the snow has now gone completely on the hills. We had a gust of 58mph just after 2pm then we had a power cut shortly after for about 20 minutes.

[NUT]

Was the wind supposed to be like this today really blowing a hoolie out there

[Sceptical]

Almost 5pm and still plenty of daylight. Be glad to see the back of this pathetic winter!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

I have signed up 

 

[Northernlights]

Wild wet and windy today with lots of mud again. Most farmers round about are really fed up with the almost  constant wet ground. Last week gave us a bit of respite but sheltered areas were still very wet.. Maximum of 9c.today

[chemikal]

22 hours ago, edinburgh_1992 said:

I've put my bike away and I don't think I'll be taking it back out anytime soon looking at the forecasts. Couldn't get worse for us

In my 2 years of cycling from the south side of Glasgow to Hamilton, this week has been up there with the worst. Heavy rain?, wind? & black ice. As @101_North says...still better than the bus!

Would like to see more scenes like this from 6th February 2018 please!

[damianslaw]

7 hours ago, bigsnow said:

This has probably been the worst winter i can remember in many a year. just day after day after day of south west winds and rain with the odd cold day. i really do that this is not a sign of winters to come. maybe we are just in one of them spells of mild winters and we will get a spell of cold ones still in a few years..

Around these parts winter 13/14 was worse, heavy rain, flooding, gales, endless SW airstream, first half 2015/16 the same as well.

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

@Mr Frost get yer sledge oot!  and any of you lot in Dumfries get yer shovels oot ( @West Highland Storm forget shovels you are snawed in) also love the Fife snow shield on that chart 

More chance of winning the lottery I think 

[Stormeh]

 @Kirkcaldy Weather

I was about to post the same charts, why can’t we get these charts down to at least 3 days away . Hopefully it is still there in the morning, the 12z was decent as was the ECM. 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

6 minutes ago, Stormeh said:

 @Kirkcaldy Weather

I was about to post the same charts, why can’t we get these charts down to at least 3 days away . Hopefully it is still there in the morning, the 12z was decent as was the ECM. 

I can just imagine it... For the first time ever the GFS snow depth charts come true and us Fifers end up with nothing whilst the rest of you get the day after tomorrow situation  

[snowidea]

18 hours ago, Jo Farrow said:

 

 

I love the way they've put out a warning triangle, just in case people didn't realise you couldn't drive through it. 

[Stormeh]

It’s nice to see that the 00z is still showing the possibility as we head into next weekend. 
 

 

ECM still looks decent 

That’s a few runs now that the models have been indicating a cold north westerly from around next weekend. If the charts are still looking like this by next Wednesday then I will start to believe 

[Sceptical]

Still to be confirmed, but January 2020 is expected to be the fifth warmest since records began. No surprise there.

[Sceptical]

Time to invest in face masks, first confirmed  cases of coronavirus in the UK.

 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

1 hour ago, Stormeh said:

It’s nice to see that the 00z is still showing the possibility as we head into next weekend. 
 

 

 

Nope it has lying snow here, it's one for the bin