Get Ready Aberdeen and Edinburgh, Michael and Doc you should be on Alert Thursday and early on Friday for some Severe Gales and lots of Heavy blustery Blizzards type Snow Showers, and take it easy as a High Wind Chill and Very below Normal Temperatures are expect for your part of Scotland.
The UKMO and the GFS show W Europe to UK High Pressure domination, and a brief Low Pressure crosses Central and North UK on Sunday, then back to SSW or Southerly winds Sunday and onwards right upto Wednesday 18th Dec. 2013.
The Low P affects us Thursday with a band of heavy rain that quickly clears out on Friday, with the NNW winds, and Heavy wintry showers for mostly Central N and the East of the UK, Thursday and early on Friday.
The High Pressure affects us Thursday in the SW and moves in by Friday especially in the Central and South- same on Saturday but it still be cold or chilly and Frost early and Late.
It is very unsettled away from the W Europe and UK High in the Iceland, Northwest and Central N Atlantic up Northeast through to Svalbard, with Low P, a good rounds of them move in a SW from to the NE direction- likely affect NW and Western Norwegian Sea as well.
It looks cloudy for us, and it could be chilly or cold/ or alternately cool and not that frosty, it might though be frosty at night if the Contenental Flow is chilly cold.
If the Atlantic systems move closer to UK, but not go through it, then West and SW winds will win!!.
Climate is warming up, Scotland and N Ireland and North England still often gets some Winter frost, ice and snow, November to March, but the SE and South UK including S Central England and Wales, together with the West and North through the year, they sometimes get more rain than London and S SE England, where some longer dry fine spells without much heavy rain is seen every year.
The North Atlantic Sea often gets some much Colder Wintry conditions from November to March Months, and Mild SW and South winds tend to be more frequent over the East and SE of North Atlantic Sea, as the Azores High tends to stay in charge.
With this warmth and heat, the Central and South UK has become mostly free of snow and frost.