On Weather & Climate Through the Eyes of Mark Vogan
Great Britain CRIPPLED by record-breaking Arctic blast
Worst of the cold to hit late this week as Arctic high pressure settles in, I expect Glasgow and Edinburgh to push -10C whilst Aviemore, Braemar or Altnaharra may push -25C!!
By Mark Vogan
Further heavy bands of snow which was dramatically accompanied by gusty, stringing winds and even thunder and lightening brought several additional inches of snow to a swath of the country stretching from north of Aberdeen all the way down through the urban core "the Scottish Central Belt" which shit sections of the M8 at Harthill as well as at Livingston. All schools in Dundee, Edinburgh, Mid and West Lothian were shut, major road networks including the A9, A1, M90, A90 were severely effected with closures in major sections of these "major" routes which all but keep the country connected.
Edinburgh airport was closed for much of today whilst much of the rail network was badely effected. A trucker whom attempted to drive from Liverpool to Aberdeen said on the radio, his journey took 20 hours and he sat in his cab on a shut down A9, a section which stranded hundreds of drivers between Dunblane and Perth. The A90 on the southbound approach into Dundee was also closed and the A1 was said to have horrendous driving conditions.
This is all just another day in what has been a dramatic return to real winter. It just seems that we're enduring a near repeat of what we saw over a longer spell in the winter of 09-10.
The problem now is that major cold is ready to hit with potential riser for lows to really fall as the deep and widespread snowcover will act that a GIANT REFLECTANT to the sun by day and a freezer by night as light winds, clear skies and a stable "artic high" which settles overhead should send the whole of Scotland and almost all of central and northern England shivering!
Unfortunately, the heavy snow returned by evening and tonight, an additional 3 inches was added to the adready 5 to 6 inches already lying here in my garden.. It's a real wintry scene out there!
Here was the scene I captured along the M8 this morning in Glasgow before the manic rushhour began!
Scotland’s a whiteout ... and it could cost millions
The Herald
And now the capital feels the bite: Overnight snowfall to engulf London as chaos continues for rest of UK
The Daily Mail
Snow closes roads and schools from Cornwall to Scotland
The Daily Telegraph
Heavy snow brings widespread disruption to Scotland
The Scotsman
Graphic Courtesy of the Daily Mail
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Coming Mid-December Cold Wave
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Weather Talk
By Mark Vogan
Our area continues to get dumped on! Last night saw a fresh 2" after the night before's 2" and now tonight it's a further 3-4" and the snow is falling right now.... The snow's as deep as I've ever seen it!
Sure, I've seen the snow deeper than what's out there right now, however this appears to beat the deepest depths of the epic winter of last year. I moved here to this house in Lennoxtown in May 2009 so it's basically new to me and therefore explains why it's the most snow I've seen "here". We're currently in a very snowy cycle as the very cold air flows over the North Sea and collects all the moisture in order to dump on Scotland and northern England.
I feel as though all I've done since Sunday is shovel and yes, there's a channel out the back in which the walls are growing! It's even snowing now after an evening which saw yet another band of heavy snow and a rapid accummulation of about 3" in just over an hour...
I believe we may see snow lie over much of the country until at least the 2nd if not third week of Christmas and may even become as long as what we saw back last year where it was about 3 weeks over the Central Lowlands, surrounding hills of course saw snow from Dec 18 through at least mid-March and even May has remnants of the brutal winter around here.
Yes, a solid base of at least 5" and a solid freeze coming up once all this snowy flow passes and Arctic high pressure settles in, the snow will firmly establish itself and so too will the pattern....
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The Extremes of the Day
Today's US Extremes
Courtesy of AccuWeather
High: 93 degrees at McAllen, TX
Low: -17 degrees at Bridgeport, CA
Today's UK Extremes
Courtesy of the Met Office
High: 44 degrees (6.5C) at Isles of Scilly
Cold High: 25 degrees (-4.9C) at Aviemore (Highland)
Low: 3 degrees (-16.1C) at Altnaharra (Sutherland)
Today's Extremes here at my house
High: 32 degrees
Low: 29 degrees
TODAY'S CONDITIONS
Snowcover: 5.5 inches
A cold day which followed a heavy overnight snowfall which created problems over much of Scotland and northern England. This evening brought yet another heavy band of snow in from the east bringing a further 3 inches.
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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