Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Cheggers]

1 hour ago, Mair Snaw said:

A quick question for maybe @Ravelin or @Sceptical or anybody else that may know the area.. what is the Altyre estate near Forres like?? Any good for cold and snaw?? 

My outlaws live in Forres, nice place but for snaw your better moving next to @Hawesy 

Forres seems to have its own climate. 

[asjmcguire]

1 minute ago, Hawesy said:

Still +1c here. I do like to be different! 

Actually it’s still +2c just up the road at Leuchars. It’s the easterly wind that’s bringing in sea air. If the wind shifts temperatures will drop here too.

You don't want this.... this is what happened in 2010. And it meant that when the snow started to melt, the bottom of the snow was basically welded to roofs and gutters, and then when he thaw started, the bottom of the snow which had constantly been melting with heat loss through the roof but refreezing because of the cold snow on top of it, would then suddenly slide off the roof pulling slates and gutters down with it.

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

20 minutes ago, asjmcguire said:

You don't want this.... this is what happened in 2010. And it meant that when the snow started to melt, the bottom of the snow was basically welded to roofs and gutters, and then when he thaw started, the bottom of the snow which had constantly been melting with heat loss through the roof but refreezing because of the cold snow on top of it, would then suddenly slide off the roof pulling slates and gutters down with it.

Aye.

No tryin tae teach anyone tae suck eggs, but if ye huvnae dug the drive and cars oot, do it first thing the morn before the temps get above zero for a wee while then drop again.

Otherwise, you'll be hacking at concrete instead of blowing away fairy dust soon enough. 

Even a slight freeze-thaw causes grain contact cementation and turns champagne powder into hardpack super quick.

 

EDIT

when I cleared the drive this morning it was super easy. T-shirt weather. Felt like I was in the alps.

Twice the depth of the last frontal wet porridge snaw but a fraction of the physical work.

 

EDIT again.

Another blob incoming. Jeez. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Scottish-Irish Skier

[Quinach]

Well, that is a record by my records since moving here in 2011.

Viciously cold and mixed feelings as the greenhouse is now below freezing, even with two heaters and three layers of insulation, so fingers crossed there is not too much damage 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Quinach

[101_North]

Clouds lifted a the temp is now down to -6c! 

[asjmcguire]

3 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Clouds lifted a the temp is now down to -6c! 

We are now fluctuating between -7.4 and -7.5C, and the radar shows a blob just about to hit us.... will it be snow? will it be freezing rain?

Will it be frogs? Nothing will surprise me at this point....

[howham]

-7.0C here.  Coldest since I moved here I think.

[Hawesy]

18 minutes ago, asjmcguire said:

You don't want this.... this is what happened in 2010. And it meant that when the snow started to melt, the bottom of the snow was basically welded to roofs and gutters, and then when he thaw started, the bottom of the snow which had constantly been melting with heat loss through the roof but refreezing because of the cold snow on top of it, would then suddenly slide off the roof pulling slates and gutters down with it.

Good tip for the thread but personally I don’t have enough snow on the roof to worry about gutters being pulled off. It’s only been below freezing briefly here this week so most of the snow on the roof has already gone.

[Cheggers]

Just going back through pictures since Monday just to see how well the snaw event has been given my height. 

Monday morning 

Tuesday Morning

Just now

[Cheggers]

This just shows how slippery roads got during the snaw..... 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DPOmmm6FSgYU&ved=2ahUKEwiTl9ijm-DuAhXIi1wKHXZABMEQ28sGMAd6BAgyEAk&usg=AOvVaw3rh8-ujUqlzJcC_sDovbG5

[scottishandy]

Homeschooling today was learning about cornice formation and collapse.

And I found my snowhole from Sunday - I knew the rough area and identified it from a 20cm lump sticking out of the powder field. 2 strikes with the shovel and I was through.

 

[BurntFishTrousers]

-20C has been reached at Kinbrace. 

[Norrie Tolson]

All Ayrshire eyes to Saturday  

[Quinach]

Always like ice pancakes, formed near here at Monymusk...

https://www.facebook.com/100008904788829/videos/2487888611517941/

Same site, otters in the snow, never even knew they were this close to here...

https://www.facebook.com/100008904788829/videos/2487888831517919/

Now -14.1c  

 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Quinach

[asjmcguire]

We got more snow... that brought the temperature up to a roasting -7.1C

[A Winter's Tale]

-9C at Glasgow airport before 9pm. A very good chance of seeing sub -10C. 

[Geordie Exile]

Drive to my work in Hawick this morning from Glasgow via Tweed Valley was astonishing. Prob 10 inches of champagne powder, sparkling sunshine and -4 at 0830.  As previous posts it could have been the Alps. One thing I've  noticed this week is Borders drivers really do have a good understanding of winter road conditions, maintaining safe distances and good steady speeds.

[BurntFishTrousers]

1 minute ago, Mr Frost said:

What site are you using? -18.8C at 21:00 is the official temperature from what I can see.

 

[Ravelin]

37 minutes ago, Hawesy said:

Good tip for the thread but personally I don’t have enough snow on the roof to worry about gutters being pulled off. It’s only been below freezing briefly here this week so most of the snow on the roof has already gone.

I have plenty of snow on my roof but I'm hoping the winds on Fri & Sat shift a lot of it before the thaw sets in next week. 

19 minutes ago, Quinach said:

Always like ice pancakes, formed near here at Monymusk...

https://www.facebook.com/100008904788829/videos/2487888611517941/

Same site, otters in the snow, never even knew they were this close to here...

https://www.facebook.com/100008904788829/videos/2487888831517919/

Now -14.1c  

 

A few years back whilst running through the estate on the opposite bank from Kemnay, my eldest son saw an other running along the trail in front of him. Never saw one myself but did once come across a half eaten salmon. 

Low so far of -9.0C, which easily beats the previous one for this winter of -7.0C on 9th Jan. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Ravelin

[GoldenJackel]

Check the pics of the snow at the Lecht!

https://www.facebook.com/430917186975751/posts/3913480835386018/?d=n

 

 

[NorthernRab]

-12°C here

[Penicuikblizzard]

-5.5c at the Straiton resort

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

13 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

What site are you using? -18.8C at 21:00 is the official temperature from what I can see.

What is the lowest uk dewpoint record , done a quick search but can’t find anything for dewpoint records

[NorthernRab]

19 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

What site are you using? -18.8C at 21:00 is the official temperature from what I can see.

Is it maybe from the network of private unofficial Highland Weather stations? There are quite a few of those in places not covered by the Met Office and some of them double up in spots covered by them like Kinbrace. 

[101_North]

-7.4c