Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Cannonfoda]

2c here in Bo'ness and rain.  Grangemouth snow shield in full operation.   

[Geedawg]

[101_North]

Snow coming on a bit heavier now. 

[pdiddy]

precipitation  type = rain persisting here in Edinburgh

[Steven morrison]

As a newbie. Sitting in Midlothian with leaden skies. And drizzle with odd flake of snow can I surmise the main event will be Saturday,Sunday and Monday ? I don’t see anything coming of this today in my neck of the woods

[LomondSnowstorm]

I think the next wave could be a bit more promising - that band seemed to push temperatures down a fair bit so we're seeing more like 0C across South Lanarkshire and higher bits of West Lothian and 1-2C rather than 2-3C a bit lower down.

[pdiddy]

interesting the weather warnings for later in the week are "severe" for impact and "low" for likelihood.  I can see that getting upgraded nearer the time *if* the ECM is correct!

 

@CatchMyDrift beat me to it!!

Edited February 2, 2021 by pdiddy

[jellybaby1969]

steady rain here..killie snowshield working a treat

[Stormeh]

Heavy snow here now, not settling....yet

I will be heading to East Kilbride soon to work. I imagine it will already be white up there

[Kayemill]

Just received a text saying “starting to lie”.

[mountain shadow]

Ignore

Edited February 2, 2021 by mountain shadow

[Geedawg]

Starting to drift slightly on the sides of the houses and sheds ect! Very heavy now! Please god keep this going this week

[edo]

Pouring rain here the heaviest it's been, I'm staring hard and maybe imagining the slightest hint of sleet 

[Ross B]

Good upgrade on the meto text forecast, no mention of rain/sleet from Thursday!

 

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Snow or snow showers will continue to feed in across the region over the coming days with significant snowfall over higher ground, and to all levels by the weekend

[JamesM]

13 minutes ago, Kayemill said:

Just received a text saying “starting to lie”.

Yup, heaviest its been all day and starting to lie on all untreated surfaces.

Edited February 2, 2021 by JamesM

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

6 minutes ago, Ross B said:

Good upgrade on the meto text forecast, no mention of rain/sleet from Thursday!

 

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Snow or snow showers will continue to feed in across the region over the coming days with significant snowfall over higher ground, and to all levels by the weekend

 

[Cheggers]

Frustrating is an understatement. 

 

[Ross B]

3 minutes ago, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

 

Sorry...that was the Strathclyde forecast, the Fife forecast still mentions rain/sleet possible at the coast.... 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Ross B

[grifter]

Strange, the hill behind me starting to turn white, can see big curtains of snow hitting it, but flakes just blowing around in wind here. Only about another 100 feet up, show's the difference some height can make and away from built up area.

[Hairy Celt]

28 minutes ago, Kayemill said:

Just received a text saying “starting to lie”.

Is that the radar or the whole world?

[101_North]

Snow is fairly heavy now but with an obvious wet baws issue! 

[Huntforsnow]

Been snowing for a while in Beith now, light and heavy, starting to lie 

[Spindrift2017]

The higher ground (150m or so ASL) I can see out my window is starting to turn white (the top part of Hamilton and the Glassford/Stonehouse neck of the woods) but still just wet ground here, despite a heavier burst or two. I have my desk set up looking out the window so I can distract myself from work by checking out the weather situation 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Spindrift2017

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

16 minutes ago, Ross B said:

Sorry...that was the Strathclyde forecast, the Fife forecast still mentions rain/sleet possible at the coast.... 

 well with the models really struggling with the low anyone could see snow if it behaves itself

[Polar Side]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Snow is fairly heavy now but with an obvious wet baws issue! 

Yeah, strange sort of day with the snow. At one point mid morning it was looking like we were going to get a decent covering then it fizzled out and melted and now it’s trying it’s hardest to settle again but just sticking on grass at moment.