Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[WhiteXmas]

2 minutes ago, aggy said:

This shower resembles a wee angry man 

Was looking at that there - looks like it’s forming into a more organised band as it moves West. This could end up being close to 2018 if things progress at it looks as they may over the next 12-24 hours!

[101_North]

2 minutes ago, Penicuikblizzard said:

Similar amounts here should mange the 10cm I was hoping for easily

Shame that big blob is missing us to the north. Should catch a bit from the bottom end though

 

[LomondSnowstorm]

23 minutes ago, Ruzzi said:

Still loads of time yet. Still got right through til early hours Wednesday morning and then anything can happen after that too. 

I've not measured but I reckon we'll be at the 10cm mark by now, plenty more to come for many 

 

* Lining up nicely for Cumbernauld just now

Aye, you can get to 20cm with 6 hours of being under these showers... 

[WhiteXmas]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Shame that big blob is missing us to the north. Should catch a bit from the bottom end though

 

I like our use of the word “blob” here - can we vote to use this in a technical context moving forward? “Lots of blobby blobs expected to move in westwards overnight with a potential for more sustained blobs as the blobbiness intensifies.”

[LomondSnowstorm]

6 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Shame that big blob is missing us to the north. Should catch a bit from the bottom end though

 

Yeah I kept thinking the next blob (towards Edinburgh) was going to miss us but it grew a bit to the south as it hit land! Really incredible stuff, and the angry man seems set to deliver for the next 20 minutes or so here first at pretty much the same ridiculous intensity it has been on and off all night. 

At this point, I'm struggling to see how this is an overestimate, at least for here (probably keek for the Northwest Highlands to be fair)

Edited February 8, 2021 by LomondSnowstorm

[Dundeeguy]

This rather Long snow band is the producing the worst conditions I’ve ever seen, another 2cm in 20 mins. Drifts of near 15cm here now. Accidents all over the place, dual carriageway has 2/3cm on it alone 

[aggy]

1 minute ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

Aye, you can get to 20cm with 6 hours of being under these showers... 

I can see now how easy that is once you have a very heavy band . Honestly 2 inches there about from the last hour . Absolutely incredible stuff never ever seen snow like it 

 

i do really want to go measure but ill

wait till morning

[LomondSnowstorm]

To be fair to the Met Office, I checked to see how Windy Wilson's forecast was faring, and it's not much better! 

Some of it is fair but random, sporadic and isolated this is not

[NUT]

aggy saying everything that needs to be said really snow really starting to pile up now easily the best of this winter by far

[edo]

7 minutes ago, Dundeeguy said:

This rather Long snow band is the producing the worst conditions I’ve ever seen, another 2cm in 20 mins. Drifts of near 15cm here now. Accidents all over the place, dual carriageway has 2/3cm on it alone 

nice send that up here

i once did a 360 on the kingsway in a BMW in snow and drove on like nothing had happened ..... never drive a bmw in snow

[Norrance]

Another moderate shower just dying out now. The A90 just West of Dundee not looking too great just now.

[edo]

@Allyw12 @TinyTim @MAXcrazystormthis looking interesting

[Ruzzi]

That's level depth just approaching 11cm on top of the hottub, unreal if this continues through tonight and tomorow! 

The drift at the back door growing by the shower... 

Just hitting a foot deep now

[aggy]

21 minutes ago, WhiteXmas said:

Was looking at that there - looks like it’s forming into a more organised band as it moves West. This could end up being close to 2018 if things progress at it looks as they may over the next 12-24 hours!

What was everyone’s totals during that 

 

I had zero

[GrrClark]

2 minutes ago, edo said:

nice send that up here

i once did a 360 on the kingsway in a BMW in snow and drove on like nothing had happened ..... never drive a bmw in snow

In 2010 I had really good winter rubber on my BMW and led many a poor soul into trouble, all of those folk thinking if a beemer can manage that then we're bound to be ok 

 

[damianslaw]

Low minima expected in coming nights, lowest of the season.. as well as the snow, good to discuss low temps..

[101_North]

17 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

Yeah I kept thinking the next blob (towards Edinburgh) was going to miss us but it grew a bit to the south as it hit land! Really incredible stuff, and the angry man seems set to deliver for the next 20 minutes or so here first at pretty much the same ridiculous intensity it has been on and off all night. 

At this point, I'm struggling to see how this is an overestimate, at least for here (probably keek for the Northwest Highlands to be fair)

Pretty decent hit off the bottom of that blob! 

[WhiteXmas]

1 minute ago, aggy said:

What was everyone’s totals during that 

 

I had zero

I don’t even remember but it was a lot! Just check these icicles out too. Pretty sure the night king used one of those to kill a dragon 

[edo]

3 minutes ago, GrrClark said:

In 2010 I had really good winter rubber on my BMW and led many a poor soul into trouble, all of those folk thinking if a beemer can manage that then we're bound to be ok 

 

a great point though if i ever own a BMW again i will certainly have winter tyres.

[Glaswegianblizzard]

14 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

To be fair to the Met Office, I checked to see how Windy Wilson's forecast was faring, and it's not much better! 

Some of it is fair but random, sporadic and isolated this is not

That’s not even what his own image shows.

[LomondSnowstorm]

3 minutes ago, edo said:

@Allyw12 @TinyTim @MAXcrazystormthis looking interesting

It does look like the line is gradually nudging north a bit, the showers here are starting to shift on a more northerly trajectory for example so we're at the southern end rather than really in the middle as we were for most of the evening. It's not a clear cut movement and I doubt it'll be much but Tayside and north Fife (and probably Stirling and Clacks too) will likely see more action overnight than this evening.  

[LomondSnowstorm]

1 minute ago, Glaswegianblizzard said:

That’s not even what his own image shows.

I think it's the same wording he's used for a couple of days judging by the other tweets, but while it was true earlier (well for central Scotland at least) and yesterday things have changed a bit this evening to say the least...

[101_North]

That wee mini blob over me really intensified in matter of miles on the radar! Absolutely thumping it down!

[aggy]

2 minutes ago, LomondSnowstorm said:

It does look like the line is gradually nudging north a bit, the showers here are starting to shift on a more northerly trajectory for example so we're at the southern end rather than really in the middle as we were for most of the evening. It's not a clear cut movement and I doubt it'll be much but Tayside and north Fife (and probably Stirling and Clacks too) will likely see more action overnight than this evening.  

Yeah but please don’t Hogg itnwe

want it back

[aggy]

7 minutes ago, WhiteXmas said:

I don’t even remember but it was a lot! Just check these icicles out too. Pretty sure the night king used one of those to kill a dragon 

Great pictures there