Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[jellybaby1969]

1 hour ago, Kayemill said:

Snow flakes mixed in with the rain here in Prestwick at sea level. 

Interesting i am in killie working just windy and cloudy

[Kayemill]

I just went out for petrol and it really is horrible. Still the odd flake mixed in.

Kids reporting snow falling at home but not settling.

[JamesM]

Still just light flakes blowing in what is a very cold wind. That’s despite now being under a brighter colour on the radar. 

[Quinach]

Got down to -7.7c last night so impressively cold.

Currently 2.0c with a noticeable easterly breeze; overcast with some glimpses of blue sky but no sunshine.

Weather apps still confused about the snow prospects in the week ahead so just take it as it comes.

Now this is what I call a cloudscape!

https://twitter.com/davegkelly

[edo]

Brilliant @Northern Strath met office be aswell issuing that.

We had a brief 60 seconds of big flakes that makes me think it will potentially turn to wet snow when the heaviest stuff arrives... @LomondSnowstormexplains it in proper weather speak

Been a very wet morning and incredibly miserable in what feels a biting wind and icy rain.... 

Thankfully Grandad has taken to walking the dogs during lockdown for something to do so he is away out with them  

[Benvironment]

5cm top-up today so far

[Ross B]

Heavier precip beginning to move in here, it's pretty much sleet so far - bursts of snow and then bursts of rain. 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

It’s just about in the useable field of runners, logic suggests the low would have to move in one southerly direction with high pressure to the north and those cold 850 temps pushing west, oh how I wish there could be a straight forward snow event  

[101_North]

Light snow back on here as a blob of ppn moves in again. 

Edited February 2, 2021 by 101_North

[JamesM]

12 minutes ago, Ross B said:

Heavier precip beginning to move in here, it's pretty much sleet so far - bursts of snow and then bursts of rain. 

Heavier snow here now with bigger flakes. Still no real sign of it lying. 

[Geedawg]

Just had heavy snow! About 5cm since last night

[LomondSnowstorm]

Does look like some very heavy stuff moving northwards at the moment particularly south of Glasgow, you'd imagine that would do something to lower the temperature enough for proper snow to 100m or so but could do with a break in the wind ideally since that's keeping temperatures up a bit even as far west as here. That should come tomorrow, but for now we'll just have to deal with it.

[blitzen]

Gone from 1.9 to 1.8c to 1.7 and back up to 1.9 again within an hour.  Kinda boring!

[Kayemill]

1.1 / 0.1 at home so it's gone down a wee bit under the heavy stuff.

Report from School / AKA home, reports heavy snow but not lying still.

Edited February 2, 2021 by Kayemill

[Ross B]

8 minutes ago, JamesM said:

Heavier snow here now with bigger flakes. Still no real sign of it lying. 

Same here now and the temp is continuing to fall - it looks as if it could settle if it becomes a bit heavier as it is sticking to surfaces for a bit before melting. 

[jellybaby1969]

still mainly light rain in killie odd flake

[Spindrift2017]

Light snow falling but not lying here.

[Kayemill]

Floak camera looking a bit snowier now.

[snowlessayr]

Snowing here now, been very sleety but turning more to snow

 

[grifter]

Flakes starting to come down here in paisley

[A Winter's Tale]

It’s been snowing lightly for a while but it looks like it might become heavier. 

[101_North]

Radar shows us under the heaviest ppn of the day but there is nothing falling 

[LomondSnowstorm]

1 minute ago, 101_North said:

Radar shows us under the heaviest ppn of the day but there is nothing falling 

Yeah it hasn't been as heavy as the radar shows here either. I think the wind is the main culprit - aside from blowing some of the snow away the effect of it has been to dry the lower layers of the atmosphere, so as it falls some of the snow is evaporating. Additionally, the melting effect isn't having quite the same impact on cooling because we don't have near saturated conditions as was shown on that NMM sounding from yesterday. If the intensity keeps up then we can start to see bigger flakes and more reaching the ground/settling but it is an extra barrier that isn't necessarily well represented by models like the ECM when projecting snow totals. 

[Geedawg]

Still snowing! Met office app has me under falling snow all the way till monday! Haha i wish!!

[EastLothianSnow]

Nothing but occasional cold rain here. Assuming the strong easterly wind is ruining our snow chances today, not that I thought they were high to begin with.