Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Halfamilefromnowhere]

Update..within  minutes snow is sticking rapidly

[Mr Frost]

1 hour ago, 101_North said:

Proper autumnal pish this morning! 6c, howling wind and rain incoming! Still the potential for it to turn to snow on the backedge later as the temp drops! Met have heavy snow symbols for this evening here but we'll see. Hard to imagine now as it feel's so different to only a few days ago! 

 

Tell you what mate you are definitely in with a shout from browsing the models this morning - good luck!

Met Office/UKV 

21:00

 

Looking further ahead to Wednesday/Thursday it is so close to a very decent widespread snow event! 
West/Central parts much higher ground/hills during Wednesday but as we go through the early hours of Thursday...150/200 meters looking good at this stage. 

North/East parts best chance for low level snowfall and quicker transition from rainfall to sleet/snowfall during Wednesday into Thursday. 

@Kirkcaldy Weather mentioned yesterday about the front stalling - stall is certainly does from current output! 

Wednesday 06:00

 

15:00

 

21:00

 

Thursday 06:00

 

09:00

 

Very cold as well.

12:00

 

All the above subject to change/timing  - wintry potential is certainly there for many of us as we go through Wednesday into Thursday.

All the best!

Edited January 11, 2021 by Mr Frost

[Hawesy]

Morning all, dry, mild and breezy this morning in the East Neuk. Currently 7.2c.

Lots to keep us interested both in the short and medium term. Expecting the thread to remain busy in the next 7-10 days! 

[Eagle Eye]

For a while there is still a chance of Snow for a few days.

Towards the East there is still a chance of a leaving low bringing snow.

Not the greatest run but there is tim for it to change considering the time this could change back to what's been on the other runs or rather at least closer to those runs and at the moment looks lie there could be Arctic Air that has a high chance of happening but who knows what will happen.

[Northernlights]

Really horrible morning with heavy rain but temperature falling now  currently 4c after 6c at 6.30 am     Snow falling not to far to the north of us

 

And the cat models last night were predicting more snow

[Hairy Celt]

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Pithing down. Back to bed.

[Eagle Eye]

Who knows,perhaps could bring soe more than just a few flakes depending on where you are.

[Northernlights]

Odd wet snowflakes mixed in with the rain now and now 3.5c

[Northern Strath]

Dark grey, raining, lethal slippy, snow melt.. what deviant married these conditions. Snow depth took a good old wallop overnight but relieved to see the reports this rain is turning to snow further north, currently peeing down 

[Hairy Celt]

Heavy sleet now.

[NorthernRab]

Turned to sleet and wet snow here too. 

[Scottish-Irish Skier]

Awesome.

 

 

[Eagle Eye]

Heavy Sleet and Snow Today according to relatives in Scotland and who knows if we do get Some Arctic Air Spain will be looking at us.

[Ross B]

Snow warning out for most of the country Wednesday /Thursday but the text highlights the uncertainty. Up to 30cm possible in a few locations above 150m. I just need to build a few storeys onto my house! 

[101_North]

Cheeky wee snow warning just issued!

Edit: Beaten to it 

Edited January 11, 2021 by 101_North

[Ross B]

3 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Cheeky wee snow warning just issued!

Edit: Beaten to it 

The top of your old tree must have been 150m asl, shame you chopped it down, it could have been like narnia up at the top 

Edited January 11, 2021 by Ross B

[JamesM]

Just now, Ross B said:

Snow warning out for most of the country Wednesday /Thursday but the text highlights the uncertainty. Up to 30cm possible in a few locations above 150m. I just need to build a few storeys onto my house! 

Just came up on my phone. Surprised at the “up to 30 cms locally” but I assume that relates to the higher parts of the highlands, southern uplands etc. 
 

Being in the warning area, I don't expect to see anything! I’m normally to far west in such marginal set ups in any case.  But at 130 metres, I could be in the game. 

[Ross B]

5 minutes ago, JamesM said:

Just came up on my phone. Surprised at the “up to 30 cms locally” but I assume that relates to the higher parts of the highlands, southern uplands etc. 
 

Being in the warning area, I don't expect to see anything! I’m normally to far west in such marginal set ups in any case.  But at 130 metres, I could be in the game. 

Yeah, it's a stalling front I guess so totals could mount up. I'm like you, at the moment we're too far west so it'll probably not be cold enough or change to rain. On the other hand, still a few days to go and these events normally tend to trend south and west from past experience so a small nudge further west would bring us into the game properly. 

[Ruzzi]

Here's the full text 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Just in the warning area looks like they have stopped it at @ghoneyms house I think it will be mostly high ground we shall see how it goes over next few days. 

[Puffy MacCloud]

Does the warning specifically exclude Ellon, or just imply it? I'd take anything as a change to the krap over Ayrshire at the moment. Nothing to be said for it at all, so I won't.

Temperature 8.3deg.C up from 5.9deg.C just after midnight, humidity is 96%, wind generally 3 to 8mph southerly with a max gust of 17mph at 08:37, pressure 1007.4hPa falling slowly, there's been 6.6mm of rain today, 10.8mm of rain in the last 24 hours and cloud cover is 8/8.

[Hairy Celt]

10p piece (not that I use them any more!) flakes coming down thickly now, just starting to settle on grass and cars. Evaporative cooling? 

Edited January 11, 2021 by Hairy Celt
utter bliss

[Ravelin]

After raining most of the morning the temp had dropped to 0.6/0.2C and it's back to wet snow again. It'll be interesting to see if it lies with the ground being so wet after the thaw of the previous snow.

[Quinach]

Dreich.

Rain since 10am but now noticing a few flakes of snow, though still 95%+ rain so will refrain from the sleet classification!

Calm conditions and 3.1c, down from the 6.6c at 8:30am.

The temperature divide across scotland very obvious on the Met Office weather observation site - 

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[Eagle Eye]

Just In Case of somehow missing it. 

 

Will probably only be high ground but who knows and of course there still is a chance that snow could still fall on low grounds just not as much. 

There is a chance of a period of heavy snow across this region; should it occur it is likely to cause significant travel disruption.

 

What to expect

There is a small chance of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel

There is a slight chance that some rural communities, mainly those at higher elevations, could become cut off

There is a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected. - Met Office Warning

Also if you live in the Highlands