Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Autumn 2020 onwards

[mardatha]

Another lovely day here. Spent trying to batch cook in this tiny wee kitchen. I've had bigger cabins on ferry trips

[Quinach]

Another chilly night outside, already down to -1.3c.

A day of variable cloud, sunny spells, light winds and plenty of geese.....

Max of 5.2c.

Last few days also providing some photogenic sunsets...

Ultimate test of cold weather is when the blackbirds et al lower themselves to eating the Pyracantha berries (stunning crop this year)...

[Mair Snaw]

Safe journeys @CatchMyDrift 

[101_North]

I think it's a half decent morning! Not that the view from upstairs tells me much

@CatchMyDrift Best wishes for the travels! Looking forward to the photos. Good luck sir! 

Edited November 27, 2020 by 101_North

[Puffy MacCloud]

@101_North You need to move your house round the other side of that tree.

Temperature 6.8deg.C up from 2.3deg.C at 00:06, humidity 78%, wind 0 to 2mph southeasterly, pressure 1020.8hPa falling, no rain since midnight and 0.4mm in the last 24 hours and cloud cover is 3/8 thin and high.

[Hawesy]

Fairly nondescript kind of day. Minimum was 3.8c so still awaiting that first air frost (that’s not unusual for my location in late November). Max was 7.6c.

Edited November 27, 2020 by Hawesy

[Norrance]

Steady rain here at 5C. This surely wasn't forecast was it?

[Norrance]

6 hours ago, CatchMyDrift said:

Almost some Scottish weather for you, this was looking east while the plane was off the east coast:

Currently over the Faeroes

I love flying the great circle route going over Greenland and then over hundreds of miles of forest and lakes in Northern Canada. Hope all goes well for you.

[mardatha]

I NEED MY BORDERS FORECAST!!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Hope u have a great time @CatchMyDrift 

Meanwhile for us I think those lampposts could be getting dusted off in the not too distant future, 850s -4 and below (still time for a bit cooler than that) and a trough / lower pressure  

[Quinach]

Dry, light winds, sunny morning then clouding over in the afternoon.

Max of 6c.

Countryside starting to acquire that bleached winter look.

[Mr Frost]

Morning all!

Hope you are well!

Keep an eye on Wednesday (02/12) afternoon/evening onwards for our next risk of wintry potential on low ground. 

Latest UKMO run is a bit messy but the general theme is...we have a chance! 

UKMO 120:

 

UKMO 144:

 

Latest UKV chart snapshots below for 03:00 on Thursday.

Oc Isotherm (m)

 

Dewpoint temperature (c)

 

500-1000hpa Thickness (dam) 

 

850HPA temp and Sea level pressure

Precipitation Type

 

This is still a long way out of course so subject to change - above charts tick all the snowy boxes...would be a great start to Meteorological Winter! 

Have a good weekend everyone! 

Edited November 28, 2020 by Mr Frost

[mardatha]

Woke up to drama this morning. Cat sat in hall staring at ceiling,  we thought it was a ppppider but it was one of the alarms flashing red. This house is full of alarms - fire smoke C02 gas the lot. So we had to phone the HA emergency number and got a nice electrician. Then the painter rolled up to do the hall, so we are hunkered down in the livroom with the cat while he gets on.

Lovely sunrise this morning, cool and calm, gritters oot. 101 North you can see my big problem tree in this pic, but I will take a better one showing the full horror of it

[Hawesy]

Morning all,

Cool start but haven’t quite managed an air frost here in Pittenweem with the temperature currently at 1c. Different story up the road at Leuchars where the low was -2c giving the second air frost of the autumn.

[101_North]

Half expected a car scrape before kids footie this morning but we were frost free! Temp was 2c when I got up. Haven't had a frost since first week in October which is quite incredible! 

Not sure I'm looking forward to any sleety pish next week. After the last few weeks I'd settle for an extended period of blue sky and frosts! 

[Mr Frost]

26 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Not sure I'm looking forward to any sleety pish next week. After the last few weeks I'd settle for an extended period of blue sky and frosts! 

Cmon mate - sleety pish could be the most we see this Winter! Embrace it. 

We don’t all have the luxury of living at 1230 meters above sea level @CatchMyDrift - nice wee profile update there! Rubbing our faces right in it! 

Current weather here 5C and low cloud/mist clearing - lovely day ahead for many of us with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon which I will gladly take! Been a gloomy/mundane/wet Autumn around these parts.

Edited November 28, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Min 2.7c this morning so no frost. Looking SW in the pic there is still some snow higher up from last weeks fall, waiting for more perhaps...

 

[101_North]

First opportunity to post a ODW (one day wowser I believe @CatchMyDrift named it

11.8cm

Edited November 28, 2020 by 101_North

[Polar Maritime]

The way to do it..

https://www.facebook.com/spudthepiper/videos/1323863084645203/

[Ravelin]

Well it's not been too bad a week with a few light frosts in the mornings, but with working I haven't really taken much notice of the bits in between the drives to and from work. 

A lovely morning today but no frost as it seems to be a couple of degrees warmer than the MetO forecast. Had a nice walk with the dog through the forest tracks near the house, but a bit soggier than I was hoping for. Pretty much not a cloud in the sky currently. 

[shuggee]

Seventh air frost at - 0.4°C. Currently 2.7°C. Frost hanging on.... 

Lovely light yesterday afternoon:

[Norrance]

Beautiful late Autumn sunshine with not a cloud in the sky. 4.4C now from a min of -0.1C so just scraped an air frost.

[Hawesy]

Beautiful day here too, clear blue skies and lovely sunlight at Kingsbarns beach. No wind at all and currently 7c.

[shuggee]

2 hours ago, 101_North said:

First opportunity to post a ODW (one day wowser I believe @CatchMyDrift named it

11.8cm

Ooooo Ooooo me too! 

[Puffy MacCloud]

Heavy night last night, woke at 11:45, dragged myself out of bed at 13:15, so not much idea of what the weather's been like. Seemed sunny enough though.

Temperature now 3.7deg.C down from a maximum of 7.1deg.C at 12:43 and up from a minimum of 2.2deg.C at 09:24, humidity is 85%, wind between 0 and 5mph northerly, pressure 1024.1hPa rising and there's been 0.4mm of rain since midnight.

Right, I've been up long enough...