lots of it 30cm +

snowed continuously since 9am and still dinging on at 19:46

Tomorrow will be spent with a shovel

Fed up with it now

On Feb 24, 7:42*pm, fred wrote:
lots of it * 30cm +

snowed continuously since 9am and still dinging on at 19:46

Tomorrow will be spent with a shovel

Fed up with it now

easing off a bit @ 23:30

feet of the stuff after 14.5hrs of persistent heavy snow

I expect the sheriff to declare a state of emergency

fred wrote:
On Feb 24, 7:42 pm, fred wrote:
lots of it 30cm +

snowed continuously since 9am and still dinging on at 19:46

Tomorrow will be spent with a shovel

Fed up with it now

easing off a bit @ 23:30

feet of the stuff after 14.5hrs of persistent heavy snow

I expect the sheriff to declare a state of emergency

I'm surprised that the warnings on the Met Office site are still
only on orange rather than red. Perhaps this will change later
this morning.
They were talking about 50cm snow, with drifiting, by the
time all this is over. I know this is The Highlands but that
must rank as extreme weather, even by their standards.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Feb 25, 6:44*am, "Col" wrote:
fred wrote:
On Feb 24, 7:42 pm, fred wrote:
lots of it 30cm +

snowed continuously since 9am and still dinging on at 19:46

Tomorrow will be spent with a shovel

Fed up with it now

easing off a bit @ 23:30

feet of the stuff after 14.5hrs of persistent heavy snow

I expect the sheriff to declare a state of emergency

I'm surprised that the warnings on the Met Office site are still
only on orange rather than red. Perhaps this will change later
this morning.
They were talking about 50cm snow, with drifiting, by the
time all this is over. I know this is The Highlands but that
must rank as extreme weather, even by their standards.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It has snowed all night

Local radio reporting many drivers stuck over night at Macduff and on
A96 at Huntly

What does it have to do for a red warning ??

On Feb 25, 6:44*am, "Col" wrote:
fred wrote:
On Feb 24, 7:42 pm, fred wrote:
lots of it 30cm +

snowed continuously since 9am and still dinging on at 19:46

Tomorrow will be spent with a shovel

Fed up with it now

easing off a bit @ 23:30

feet of the stuff after 14.5hrs of persistent heavy snow

I expect the sheriff to declare a state of emergency

I'm surprised that the warnings on the Met Office site are still
only on orange rather than red. Perhaps this will change later
this morning.
They were talking about 50cm snow, with drifiting, by the
time all this is over. I know this is The Highlands but that
must rank as extreme weather, even by their standards.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

FLASH Warning of Drifting Snow for Grampian valid from 0600 Thu 25 Feb
to 1800 Thu 25 Feb

FLASH Warning of Blizzards for Grampian valid from 0600 Thu 25 Feb to
1800 Thu 25 Feb

FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for Grampian valid from 0600 Thu 25 Feb to
1800 Thu 25 Feb

I'm surprised that the warnings on the Met Office site are
still
only on orange rather than red. Perhaps this will change
later
this morning.
They were talking about 50cm snow, with drifiting, by the
time all this is over. I know this is The Highlands but that
must rank as extreme weather, even by their standards.
Col
Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It has snowed all night
Local radio reporting many drivers stuck over night at Macduff
and on
A96 at Huntly
What does it have to do for a red warning ??

Still orange. I expect red is reserved for the flatlands.

There's about 10 cm of wet snow on the drive which I cleared
yesterday evening. I'm not surprised to see that Traffic
Scotland reports A96 closed between Huntly and Inverurie, but
the webcams at Foudland are not showing as much snow as I would
have expected to see. The A9 is closed southbound but not,
apparently, northbound. The site is at dead slow and stop, just
like the traffic - probably too many people trying to access it.

I am just glad that I don't have to go anywhere, except maybe a
short walk to the garden centre to see if they have any
aluminium snow shovels left as my plastic one can't cope and has
disintegrated.

Anne
Fochabers 45 m.a.s.l. in Moray

Anne Burgess wrote:

Still orange. I expect red is reserved for the flatlands.

We have no warnings at all, despite currently having our worst weather
of the winter - F7 wind and heavy snow, visibility very poor.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwa http://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc: http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/

On 25 Feb, 11:51, Steve Loft wrote:
Anne Burgess wrote:
Still orange. *I expect red is reserved for the flatlands.

We have no warnings at all, despite currently having our worst weather
of the winter - F7 wind and heavy snow, visibility very poor.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. * *http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwahttp://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc:http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/

Are the synops correct that Lerwick has 21cm of snow on the ground?

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net

On 25 Feb, 12:17, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote:
On 25 Feb, 11:51, Steve Loft wrote:

Anne Burgess wrote:
Still orange. *I expect red is reserved for the flatlands.

We have no warnings at all, despite currently having our worst weather
of the winter - F7 wind and heavy snow, visibility very poor.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. * *http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwahttp://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc:http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/

Are the synops correct that Lerwick has 21cm of snow on the ground?

Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net

The 1200Z observation indicates 26cm.

Keith (Southend)G wrote:
Are the synops correct that Lerwick has 21cm of snow on the ground?

Doesn't look quite that bad: http://www.shetland.org/60NTV/index.html

But some roads up there are closed, apparently, and police advice is not
to travel.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. http://sanday.org.uk/weather
Free weather station softwa http://sandaysoft.com/
uk.sci.weather FAQs/glossary/etc: http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/