Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Stormeh]

A wee video clip I took at George Square last night.

[Sceptical]

Its a bit cold now.

 

[Geedawg]

Went to bed expecting nothing here as the east wind pushes the showers over the lothians instead of me. However there must have been a very slight n/ne flow kick in!! Good couple of inches now  not as much as just to my north but i will take it some good drifting now too

[bomdabass]

14 minutes ago, scottishandy said:

I wonder what the ratio of "being out enjoying the snow" vs "studying the shape and track of the next shower on radar" is. 

Better take my ruler for a walk.

Really want to go out and enjoy this for a couple of hours but also really busy with work 

Any thought on whether this will keep up all day for Glasgow area, will it be safe to leave it till late afternoon?

[101_North]

I hope the next blob is better! A frustrating near miss with this current one! Caught the top edge but little more than a flurry. 

[metallikat34]

The cluster in question!

[Snowlover2]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

I hope the next blob is better! A frustrating near miss with this current one! Caught the top edge but little more than a flurry. 

Where is this part going? 
 

 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Nice few cm overnight now 6cm 

 

[101_North]

2 minutes ago, metallikat34 said:

The cluster in question!

Would take some shift for that to impact the Lothians surely? Heading north of the Forth would be my take. 

[metallikat34]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Would take some shift for that to impact the Lothians surely? Heading north of the Forth would be my take. 

I think you are right. I misjudged the orientation 

[101_North]

2 minutes ago, metallikat34 said:

I think you are right. I misjudged the orientation 

Could all change during the day but for now (one blob excepted) there doesn't look to be a huge amount heading this way. 

Edit: In fact, the blob just south of Dunbar which I had been tracking looks unlikely to trouble Edinburgh now. 

Edited February 9, 2021 by 101_North

[scottishandy]

28 minutes ago, scottishandy said:

I wonder what the ratio of "being out enjoying the snow" vs "studying the shape and track of the next shower on radar" is. 

Better take my ruler for a walk.

Well that was disappointing, ruler refused to show any more than 5cm on even surfaces. Back door drift close to 10cm but not even close to 2018.

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[Sceptical]

Fine day for the hills. Suspect getting to the top will be a struggle.

This is the car park.

[pdiddy]

flakes in the wind and bright sunshine in Morningside.

[Penicuikblizzard]

13 minutes ago, 101_North said:

I hope the next blob is better! A frustrating near miss with this current one! Caught the top edge but little more than a flurry. 

Yeah it seemed to drop in a SW direction when it came inland just skirted here too 

[JoeShmoe]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Could all change during the day but for now (one blob excepted) there doesn't look to be a huge amount heading this way. 

Edit: In fact, the blob just south of Dunbar which I had been tracking looks unlikely to trouble Edinburgh now. 

yes were right in the 'gap' and have been since about 2am to be honest

[metallikat34]

1 minute ago, 101_North said:

Could all change during the day but for now (one blob excepted) there doesn't look to be a huge amount heading this way. 

Ugh. I wish there was the UK equivalent of this site from the US. @LomondSnowstormor anyone else know of anything? Use this site all the time for mesoscale forecasting back in the States. Would be invaluable right now.

SPC Hourly Mesoscale Analysis

WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV

 

[WhiteXmas]

All these juicy blobs and they are just edging past us here at the moment. Hopefully we can get back on the blob for the rest of the day. Wait - that doesn’t sound right??........

[pdiddy]

5 minutes ago, metallikat34 said:

I think you are right. I misjudged the orientation 

I think we need them to arrive between Dunbar and North Berwick for the "bullseye"

[JoeShmoe]

1 minute ago, metallikat34 said:

Ugh. I wish there was the UK equivalent of this site from the US. @LomondSnowstormor anyone else know of anything? Use this site all the time for mesoscale forecasting back in the States. Would be invaluable right now.

SPC Hourly Mesoscale Analysis

WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV

 

Don't need that, SunnyLeith has crayons and a ruler on his screen 

[Penicuikblizzard]

4 minutes ago, JoeShmoe said:

yes were right in the 'gap' and have been since about 2am to be honest

The whole system is moving south during today though so we should get another round of the action tonight 

[StewieEatWorld]

I thought the convergence line was due to move south past Edinburgh throughout today? Still plenty of beefy showers lined up for Dundee. 

[aggy]

20 cm of level

snow 

Maby make 30 cm by the days out 

[Mandy Langlands]

Pic sent from my other half in Dundee (Emmock woods area)

[metallikat34]

For @101_Northand others hoping for more snow around Edinburgh, this is the approximate area that we need to watch for development given the current orientation of the cells.