Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Sanserit]

11 minutes ago, Altostratus said:

Kingswells - still technically a city suburb but right on the city/shire border. Snow getting heavier now and building nicely.

I remember when Kingswells was in the ‘shire  

Almost as good as Westhill for sna.

[edo]

3 minutes ago, AFC Snow said:

Yes, the snow is the heaviest it has been all day here and is accumulating at a much faster rate. Just looked out the window to see a car struggling up the hill.

No sweeter sound than hearing a car struggle and open the curtains to a whiteout

[AFC Snow]

2 minutes ago, edo said:

No sweeter sound than hearing a car struggle and open the curtains to a whiteout

Certainly beats waking up to the disappointment of a car driving through puddles 

[Sawel]

I love how easy it is these days to find out your altitude using the elevation finder. It's fairly accurate too.

I've passed the time lately using it to explore the elevation of Highland villages like Braemar, Tomintoul, Newtonmore, Aviemore etc.

It's led to someone interesting findings about the highest village

[Altostratus]

9 minutes ago, doctormog said:

It is showing up very nicely on the TrafficScotland road cameras currently. There seems to be some form of intermittent sleet here this evening.

Fingers crossed as the night goes on and the colder air digs in we'll see more and more parts of the city come into the game. 

 

11 minutes ago, Wee County Exile said:

Where is highest point in the city ? Must be in Mastrick ?

Turning to snow in culter now - lower uppers must be kicking in now ? 

 

Excluding western suburbs I would presume so. Good to see more snow being reported in the region!

[Zerouali lives]

Yes, I believe Dalwhinnie just pips Braemar and Tomintoul.

Corgarff is higher but that's a mere hamlet as opposed to a village.

 

I think Wanlockhead in the Southern Uplands is the highest village in Scotland

[ShellyEK]

Its been nothing but heavy rain here on and off today! Starting to get some sleet now but hoping its turns into big flakes sooner rather than later! ❄❄❄

[Zerouali lives]

Yes, highest point is between Mastrick and Northfield near the Sheddocksley playing fields at 130m. Although I think some parts of north Sheddocksley might get near to 140m

Edited February 5, 2021 by Zerouali lives

[Sawel]

9 minutes ago, Zerouali lives said:

Yes, I believe Dalwhinnie just pips Braemar and Tomintoul.

Corgarff is higher but that's a mere hamlet as opposed to a village.

 

I think Wanlockhead in the Southern Uplands is the highest village in Scotland

Spot on sir!

Yes, for mean elevation, Dalwhinnie is the highest. It doesn't fall below 350 metres above sea level and maxes out at 360 metres. Tomintoul isn't any higher than Braemar despite some outdated info you'll read on websites about it being the highest village in the Highlands. Braemar maxes out at 370 metres on Chapel Brae. Tomintoul maxes out at just over 350 metres. For mean altitude, I think Braemar pips Tomintoul although it's a bit tricky to compare these two for mean altitude due to the fact that they're 10 times the size of Dalwhinnie and there's much more area to cover.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Sawel

[Snowandrocks]

1 minute ago, Zerouali lives said:

Yes, highest point is between Mastrick and Northfield near the Sheddocksley playing fields at 130m. Although I think some parts of north Sheddocksley might get near to 140m

Yep, believe it or not I once got stuck in a drift at the top of Spring hill Road with snow blowing off the playing fields. 

I worked as a taxi driver whilst at uni and it was about 3am with a car load of drunks who had to get out and push after I'd dug us out!

[Sanserit]

20 minutes ago, Wee County Exile said:

Where is highest point in the city ? Must be in Mastrick ?

Turning to snow in culter now - lower uppers must be kicking in now ? 

 

Highest point used to be the top of Upper Mastrick Way, not sure if that’s still the case now.

[Sawel]

10 minutes ago, Zerouali lives said:

Corgarff is higher but that's a mere hamlet as opposed to a village.

 

I think Wanlockhead in the Southern Uplands is the highest village in Scotland

Corgarff is nearer 400m and c0ck Bridge (is it even a hamlet?) is 410m.

Wanlockhead is around 430m. 

Edited February 5, 2021 by Sawel

[Zerouali lives]

4 minutes ago, Sanserit said:

Highest point used to be the top of Upper Mastrick Way, not sure if that’s still the case now.

Well that does run parallel to the highest point but just a tad further east - I walked up that road tonight actually. There won't be much in it. Just like where the Northfield mast is, very similar around the 120m mark

[johncam]

Hi guys , very rarely post but can the more informed posters explain why the met office forecast for my area is constantly changing, had snow this morning from sat night till wed morning now nothing at all

[Zerouali lives]

Incidentally, just at the highest point in Springhill Road, there is a post with what looks like a camera and/or a weather station! 

I'll maybe take a photo of it next time I'm there - would love to know what it actually is

[Sanserit]

Decent amount of sna on the ground now but dogs’ paw prints show how wet it is compared to what we had last weekend. Loving the orange sky too, it’s full of promise.

 

[SW Saltire]

18 minutes ago, Sawel said:

Corgarff is nearer 400m and c0ck Bridge (is it even a hamlet?) is 410m.

Wanlockhead is around 430m. 

Corgarff is a cracking wee place, met a couple pals there when restrictions were loose back in summer. The plan is to have another uni reunion this summer there too.

Although I left Dumfries in like 19c and it was about 12c up there, autumnal in late July haha

 

Wanlockhead is 1531 feet (466m asl) as per their sign - photo below, Leadhills not far behind

Edited February 5, 2021 by SW Saltire

[Mair Snaw]

Well the snaw has turned back to pish again..i think i might just draw a line under this winter as a waste of time and look forward to gaining at least 100m before next winter arrives..

[Sawel]

13 minutes ago, SW Saltire said:

Corgarff is a cracking wee place, met a couple pals there when restrictions were loose back in summer. The plan is to have another uni reunion this summer there too.

Although I left Dumfries in like 19c and it was about 12c up there, autumnal in late July haha

 

Wanlockhead is 1531 feet (466m asl) as per photo, Leadhills not far behind

Unfortunately, that claimed altitude was shot down quite a while back - I remember reading about it after there was a dispute between Wanlockhead and Flash in Staffordshire about the highest village in the UK.

 

 

Highest village claims were no Flash in the pan - MacclesField Express

WWW.MACCLESFIELD-LIVE.CO.UK

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NEWS Flash - the highest village on our patch is now officially the most lofty settlement in Britain.

Where is Scotland’s highest village?

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Two villages in the southern uplands both claim to be the highest in the country.

You can get pretty accurate altitude readings here - 

Elevation Finder

WWW.FREEMAPTOOLS.COM

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Find an estimate for the elevation of a point on the earth

just type in the place name. A quick look confirms Wanlockhead maxes out just over 440m.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Sawel

[Michael Kaii]

typical met office has changed from snow to bone dry knew this would be too ture since all its done has peeded it doon!

[SW Saltire]

11 minutes ago, Sawel said:

Unfortunately, that claimed altitude was shot down quite a while back - I remember reading about it after there was a dispute between Wanlockhead and Flash in Staffordshire about the highest village in the UK.

 

 

Highest village claims were no Flash in the pan - MacclesField Express

WWW.MACCLESFIELD-LIVE.CO.UK

---

NEWS Flash - the highest village on our patch is now officially the most lofty settlement in Britain.

Where is Scotland’s highest village?

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

---

Two villages in the southern uplands both claim to be the highest in the country.

You can get pretty accurate altitude readings here - 

Elevation Finder

WWW.FREEMAPTOOLS.COM

---

Find an estimate for the elevation of a point on the earth

just type in the place name. A quick look confirms Wanlockhead maxes out just over 440m.

They need to take down their sign then!!

I heard Flash is a pretty small village, Leadhills has a pub for instance.

Edited February 5, 2021 by SW Saltire

[Northernlights]

Well light snow has stopped and sky clear so temperature down to  0.5c with a ground frost.   

[LomondSnowstorm]

The pub run gets even closer to extending the easterly, a bawhair away from it:

[edo]

@Norrancejohn holmes just posted this

"It suggests, on its 8-14 chart, to me, that some kind of upper ridge and probably a surface high close by beneath it in the Greenland area. The major upper trough is SW of the UK and any surface feature is probably going to be in the area at the bottom of the trough, not far, perhaps, from the fairly small -ve anomaly in heights. Just what the actual surface flow might be is not easy to decide. It is possible that they may position in such a way as to keep much of the country cold rather than mild!"

that coupled with ECM and now GFS 18z all of a sudden a little trend to extend.

[Jambo Fowler]

Will Perth get enough snow for a snowman? Telt the wee lad snow was coming lol. Guessing bad