Scotland/Alba weather discussion - Jan 2021 onwards

[Hairy Celt]

1C, full cloud cover, no wind or ppn. An unsteady dripping to be heard as the last remnants of this mornings snizzlings gives up the struggle to stay solid. Oh the joys of coastal winter. Blink and miss it.

Every forecast shows us getting pulses of rain tomorrow. I will be keeping the curtains closed and WFHing upstairs. 

[GoldenJackel]

1 hour ago, Mr Frost said:

Sean Batty/STV latest:

 

Great video - well worth a watch! Plenty of detail from North to South regarding snow potential.

Well that makes for depressing viewing. Nevermind.

Edited January 20, 2021 by GoldenJackel

[jellybaby1969]

Peebles could be the sweet spot..love!y town. Went there either early Jan 2010 or 2011 was amazed at the amount of snow. Totally different to the Ayrshire coast...which must be on of the least snowy places in the UK and Scotland !

 

[101_North]

Light snow falling here now 

[asjmcguire]

2 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Light snow falling here now 

You can go off some people..... 

EDIT: Just been out with the dog, it's not even raining, never mind anything else.....

Edited January 20, 2021 by asjmcguire
dog edit

[asjmcguire]

This will be me, in that gap between the green bands......

[Mr Frost]

Main action for the West/Central parts arrives after midnight - early hours hold the most snow potential! That’s the plan at least. 

All ties in nicely with the latest Met Office forecasts.

00:00

 

03:00

 

I am quite happy with all that from a purely IMBY perspective (wee tweak here and there would be better!) - hopefully it becomes reality for myself and many others of course!

Wee tweet here for the South of Edinburgh ladies and gents.

 

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by Mr Frost

[Gadje]

For those of you missing out, it's been snowing pretty much here all afternoon, it's still white outside but as the radar verifies, although I live right in the heart of the current Borders sweetspot, it's still too marginal here to accumulate.  0.6C, 145m asl, atm -still 2-3cm wet snow.

Im willing to try stuff: sacrifice a box of Scottish Bluebells to the snow gods? or buy a 55m set of aluminium step ladders ? whatever is cheaper. Frustrating this.... but it's miles better than last 'winter' already - I need to remember this. I'm still optimistic we'll all get a pasteing before this winters over..

[asjmcguire]

5 minutes ago, Gadje said:

or buy a 55m set of aluminium step ladders

If you get a 55m metal pole, and ground it - you could try and trigger thundersnow 

[Eagle Eye]

The Snow is beggining to fall As Storm Christopher Moves north east. This Will Create A Rare Opportunity For blizzard conditions. And Next On BBC Weather At Quarter to eight. 

[LomondSnowstorm]

12 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

Main action for the West/Central parts arrives after midnight - early hours hold the most snow potential! That’s the plan at least. 

All ties in nicely with the latest Met Office forecasts.

00:00

 

03:00

 

I am quite happy with all that from a purely IMBY perspective (wee tweak here and there would be better!) - hopefully it becomes reality for myself and many others of course!

Wee tweet here for the South of Edinburgh ladies and gents.

 

 

Absolutely - glad to see the 15Z UKV sticking to the 12Z UKV's output with the front pivoting round in the early hours. It does broadly seem to be following that, at least, as far as I can tell, although it's very much a complex picture still.

I can report some light snizzle in Coatbridge and snow in Freuchie - seems like inland bits of Fife are pretty nicely set up for this one, which is probably fair enough because Freuchie seemed to miss out on basically everything in the last few weeks since I've left

[blitzen]

Yep, still snowing away here.   Accumulation a bit lacking though.  0.3/00/974.5/NNW/ 0.9mph.

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by Blitzen

[Polar Side]

21 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

Main action for the West/Central parts arrives after midnight - early hours hold the most snow potential! That’s the plan at least. 

All ties in nicely with the latest Met Office forecasts.

00:00

 

03:00

 

I am quite happy with all that from a purely IMBY perspective (wee tweak here and there would be better!) - hopefully it becomes reality for myself and many others of course!

Wee tweet here for the South of Edinburgh ladies and gents.

 

 

The radar in the last 30 mins or so looks as if it’s showing the main pulse of precipitation starting to move in a more northerly direction rather than north easterly. 
(although this might just be wishful thinking).

 

[101_North]

Garden sensor says 0c. Heading in the right direction! 

[snowy owl]

Lovely light snow here too . Let’s see how it goes lamppost at ready x 

[AFC Snow]

Light snow actually falling here

[Hairy Celt]

After a dry afternoon we've just had a taste of things to come. Very light rain. 

[BurntFishTrousers]

May as well make good use of my latest capture. LIVE shot at 8pm. 

Someone mentioned few pages back about the remnant low (squared) aiding some of the ppn from last night and how it's still out west. It is indeed and if anything it's firing up a little.. There's a lot of cold air in that area and soon it'll mix with Christoph's outer (warmer) clouds. After midnight will be pretty interesting maybe even further west than thought. 

 (BTW, Christoph should now be on the way rapid deepening soon).

Each image is 7Mb in size. 

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by BurntFishTrousers

[edo]

Out with dog... Does not feel chilly 

Pouring rain

 

Maybe will turn later and I will get some 101 (modern speak for snow) 

[JoeShmoe]

1 minute ago, edo said:

Out with dog... Does not feel chilly 

Pouring rain

 

Maybe will turn later and I will get some 101 (modern speak for snow) 

lol just did exact same, cold and wet, dog in and straight to his basket by the radiator !

[Polar Side]

8 minutes ago, 101_North said:

Garden sensor says 0c. Heading in the right direction! 

That’s good, it would be nice to drop below 0. The snow that fell last night was very wet by this morning and in complete contrast to the other week when the snow was powdery and dry.

I suppose it shows how decent a winter it’s been so far, that I’m now getting fussy.

[metallikat34]

4 minutes ago, BurntFishTrousers said:

May as well make good use of my latest capture. LIVE shot at 8pm. 

Someone mentioned few pages back about the remnant low (squared) aiding some of the ppn from last night and how it's still out west. It is indeed and if anything it's firing up a little.. There's a lot of cold air in that area and soon it'll mix with Christoph's outer (warmer) clouds. After midnight will be pretty interesting maybe even further west than thought. 

 (BTW, Christoph should now be on the way rapid deepening soon).

Each image is 7Mb in size. 

 

That was me! And yes, I think its not going to add any "energy" to our precipitation chances tonight. But just how far it digs south will play a big factor in how far north the snow shield makes it.

[Eastern Scotland WX]

7 minutes ago, edo said:

Out with dog... Does not feel chilly 

Pouring rain

 

Maybe will turn later and I will get some 101 (modern speak for snow) 

Been snizzle snow here for an hour , 0.2C , you need a bit of heavier intensity for it to turn to snow and it will likely stay like that. 

[Ross B]

After a look at the other regionals some areas around North East Wales and the Manchester area are seeing some heavy snow - not forecast! Shows how uncertain everything is. 

Edited January 20, 2021 by Ross B

[WhiteXmas]

50 minutes ago, Mr Frost said:

Main action for the West/Central parts arrives after midnight - early hours hold the most snow potential! That’s the plan at least. 

All ties in nicely with the latest Met Office forecasts.

00:00

 

03:00

 

I am quite happy with all that from a purely IMBY perspective (wee tweak here and there would be better!) - hopefully it becomes reality for myself and many others of course!

Wee tweet here for the South of Edinburgh ladies and gents.

 

 

Looking pretty crap for my area but then again you never know. Chart shows some heavy pockets of precipitation about so may get lucky