Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Autumn 2020 onwards

[Hawesy]

3 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

Going to do another summary this evening I think, with some considerable potential tomorrow and for the foreseeable...

Excellent. Will look forward to it! 

[Kayemill]

1 hour ago, Benvironment said:

Didn't last long. Only minutes......but it was worth rushing out the door for!

High of 1C here today but back down to 0.1C now. Had about 1mm top-up this afternoon.

Lorenzos sunset pics and this are amazing. 

[shuggee]

Through the forest up high. Narnia-esque with the blue tinge. As shot on my Pixel phone, freakish light. 

[JamesM]

Clear and cold with no thaw in the shade. Felt colder today when out and about. Not expecting to see much in the way of precipitation here in the current set up. 
 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by JamesM

[Jamboperth11]

The beebs got heavy snow for 6 hours in Perth from midnight tonight... Radar wouldn't suggest this

[101_North]

25 minutes ago, Jamboperth11 said:

The beebs got heavy snow for 6 hours in Perth from midnight tonight... Radar wouldn't suggest this

The Beeb probably shouldn't have suggested it either  

Their forecasts are generally as much use as a useless thing these days! 

You should have a decent shot tomorrow morning though! 

Edited December 30, 2020 by 101_North

[Jamboperth11]

5 minutes ago, 101_North said:

The Beeb probably shouldn't have suggested it either  

Their forecasts are generally as much use as a useless thing these days! 

You should have a decent shot tomorrow morning though! 

Haha cheers, You got any charts that show snow potential for East Scotland tomorrow? 

[Sanserit]

4 minutes ago, 101_North said:

The Beeb probably shouldn't have suggested it either  

Their forecasts are generally as much use as a useless thing these days! 

I used to trust the MeteoGroup weather app implicitly but over the last year or so it's accuracy has been disappointing to say the least.

[Eastern Scotland WX]

3 hours ago, Jo Farrow said:

Got up to Gifford yesterday and watched a few hares playing in a snowy field, they seemed as excited as the near-ish children on sledges

On Monday evening and night we got 6cm of snow approx. 6 miles SE of Perth , however it was a fairly localised set up so it was extremely lucky and with only being 40m too is amazing. deepest snow since BFTE here and still a large amount of snow on the ground as i am on a north facing slope. 

[101_North]

2 minutes ago, Sanserit said:

I used to trust the MeteoGroup weather app implicitly but over the last year or so it's accuracy has been disappointing to say the least.

I had it installed for ages. Really liked it. Then they jumped into bed with Auntie and it went to lemon! 

[edo]

9 minutes ago, Jamboperth11 said:

Haha cheers, You got any charts that show snow potential for East Scotland tomorrow? 

look further up thread @Mr Frostposted charts showing the potential tomorrow, certainly no indication of 6 hours tonight but wouldn't say no  

and dont trust @101_Northhe has clearly moved to some kind of snowy hotspot and pretends to only be 300m from the previous snow desert. 

[Eastern Scotland WX]

Just now, edo said:

look further up thread @Mr Frostposted charts showing the potential tomorrow, certainly no indication of 6 hours tonight but wouldn't say no  

and dont trust @101_Northhe has clearly moved to some kind of snowy hotspot and pretends to only be 300m from the previous snow desert. 

i assume you heard what i got in Abernethy the other Night? 

[101_North]

17 minutes ago, edo said:

look further up thread @Mr Frostposted charts showing the potential tomorrow, certainly no indication of 6 hours tonight but wouldn't say no  

and dont trust @101_Northhe has clearly moved to some kind of snowy hotspot and pretends to only be 300m from the previous snow desert. 

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by 101_North

[Ravelin]

On forecasts, Beeb/MeteoGroup forecast for me has precipitation starting soon, snowing in various intensities all night before turning to rain tomorrow after dawn. MetO forecast says no precipitation at all until after dawn tomorrow, when it's straight to rain. 

I know which I'd prefer, but I know which is more likely. If its going to start soon, ala Beeb, then it'd better get a move on as radar is pretty blank. 

[edo]

20 minutes ago, MAXcrazystorm said:

i assume you heard what i got in Abernethy the other Night? 

oh yes, i nearly drove there to see it with my own eyes in case your pics were doctored.

[Eastern Scotland WX]

19 minutes ago, edo said:

oh yes, i nearly drove there to see it with my own eyes in case your pics were doctored.

Ha i can see how you would of thought that as it's almost too unfair to be true. loads of snow still around this evening. more or less still all there except roads and some paths are somewhat cleared. 

[Sceptical]

Different weather next week.

Strong easterly winds.

Less cold than of late.

Definitely not a BFTE.

Met office 10 day trend.

A decent cold weather run so no complaints here  

[Mair Snaw]

Im expecting Rain, i wont believe in any forecast saying snaw until i see it with my own eyes...

Also anybody here from Larkhall area? Stonehouse to be more accurate.. is it a nice area.?? Ive googled and says 150m asl..so that not so bad..

[Cheggers]

@Mair Snaw I have friends from Strathaven and we go there for the hot air balloon festival every year. and its lovely. 

[Ravelin]

I'd agree, Strathaven is nice enough, I had a mate who used to live there. My brother lives in Larkhall and all I'll say is, it wouldn't be my choice. No idea what Stonehouse is like but I'd think it would do OK for snow, but neither would I be getting excited. 

BBC forecast for here is going to be a ridiculous failure tonight, as expected. 

[JoeShmoe]

Just now, Ravelin said:

BBC forecast for here is going to be a ridiculous failure tonight, as expected. 

Yeah pretty sure we will be on the wrong side of marginal tomorrow here but we will see !

[edo]

19 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

Different weather next week.

Strong easterly winds.

Less cold than of late.

Definitely not a BFTE.

Met office 10 day trend.

A decent cold weather run so no complaints here  

Potential for upgrades and a good spell to develop... You may be sceptical though. 

 

Ironically will probably feel a lot colder in some respects with windchill and driving sleet and rain if it comes to that. 

[Ravelin]

Actually, just looked outside and there's a covering of snow that wasn't there earlier. No idea when it fell, sometime after 6pm and before now. I've been slacking with the snow watch obviously. 

Edit: Temp, and crucially dewpoint, both creeping up to sit just below freezing so next lot will be marginal unless it cools again. 

Edited December 30, 2020 by Ravelin

[Mr Frost]

Wee bit to go before we break any records...

Scotland: Lowest daily minimum temperature records:

December:

-27.2°C

30/12/1995 Altnaharra (Highland)

January:

-27.2°C

10/01/1982 Braemar (Aberdeenshire)

February:

-27.2°C

11/02/1885 Braemar (Aberdeenshire)

I never knew we had recorded our lowest ever temperature in all three Winter months - my mind has been blown. 

Source: 

UK climate extremes

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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UK climate extremes

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by Mr Frost

[Mair Snaw]

2 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

That's an ugly old mild sector for about half of Scotland:

The 950 temps on the Euro4 are fairly ugly given the height (approx 480m) for many people too:

 

You back home already??