The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 19/12/2013----->

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Looking like 2013 may leave us the same way it came in...very wet!

 

Although on January 1st 2013...we weren't aware of the great things just around the corner. Maybe we aren't right now as well...who knows?!

 

except for 2nd which was a very wet day, I thought 2013 started mostly dry with high pressure, fairly mild but dry until cold air arrived on the 11th

[Dancerwithwings]

Genuinely worried about next week now. Recent flashes in the pan could well be just that...

Next week can wait!...... Tornado watch for this evening!!! The main threat will be strong wind gusts, but a few tornadoes are possible too for much of England

http://www.torro.org.uk/site/forecast.php

 

[Gord]

except for 2nd which was a very wet day, I thought 2013 started mostly dry with high pressure, fairly mild but dry until cold air arrived on the 11th

 

Actually, you're right, my mistake. December 2012 was very wet but I recall now that there was a change to drier conditions around new year. In fact, there were some very pleasant days early in the month.

[Gord]

Eyes west again for now...there it is....across western Wales and it's incoming!

[conor123]

That's a rather intense looking squall in Wales right now, here's hoping it maintains life in it by the time it gets here, wind has certainly picked up after a rather calm, pleasant day.

[picog]

Squall line coming through here now. Very gusty and rain very heavy, big spots.

[fizz511]

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/archives/archives.php

Ah, I think you're mistaking me for someone who can read charts......

[conor123]

Just bog standard heavy rain in the end, passed through now, all eyes on Monday now, looks rather vicious!

[Bishop Brennan]

Sounds wild outside right now 

 

Bish

[Bishop Brennan]

Another day, another squall line............I feel like Bill Murray reaching for his alarm clock every morning in Punxsutawney.

 

Bish

[Nick L]

Next week can wait!...... Tornado watch for this evening!!! The main threat will be strong wind gusts, but a few tornadoes are possible too for much of England

http://www.torro.org.uk/site/forecast.php

 

 

To be fair, TORRO issue a "tornado watch" when a small puff of convective cumulus cloud is forecast.

[Costa Del Fal]

Some very strong gusts as that squall past through earlier!

[Staffordshire]

Was woken around 5am by rain pummelling my windows and the roaring of the wind, I was quite surprised as didn't expect too much, lasted until around half 5 I think however I was half asleep and still am

[Barbmac]

Heavy hail storm going on here! Street's turned white. Short and sharp, dying away now. Temp 5C.

[Bishop Brennan]

Heavy hail storm going on here! Street's turned white. Short and sharp, dying away now. Temp 5C.

 

Similar thing happening here right now too. Very windy, with sideways hail 

 

Bish

[Costa Del Fal]

Just had a long rain shower here. Pretty gusty too.

[raunds red]

heavy hail here to turned everywhere white

[conor123]

Those mild yellow upper's for tomorrow make it hard to see if the isobars are less tightly wound than previous runs, considering every pattern we get seems to go on a loop for weeks/even months lately (raw March & April easterlies, high pressure July, weather falling asleep from August - November, stormzilla December) a nice month long north westerly Cheshire Gap streamer is surely the next looping pattern right..right...:lol:

[Polar Maritime]

A cold day here with a max temp of 4.1c, currently 2.5c N/W 14mph and patchy cloud.

[Summer of 95]

Temp dropped from 6.5 to 3.5 after the latest downpour came through about 3pm. Clear now, maybe a decent frost at last? 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Quiet on here! showers today had a wintry flavour, sleet/hail, temp 0.3C now,

 

not bad for Dec, feel as though I have been lucky and not had much rain, had decent frost 20th, and sleety showers, 19th and 22nd, will likely have to pay for the lack of rain soon mind you

[conor123]

Crazy weather over in the North East US at the minute, some places hovering around -1c under freezing rain then 19c+ 20 miles south, don't think we've ever had a proper freezing rain event here though came close 9th/10th Feb last year when it rained all evening around 0.5c-1.0c then dropped below zero overnight.

[PolarWarsaw]

Covering of hail here around 1pm, felt chilly in and quite vile in the wind. Wintry though! Charts offering a little more promise tonight, here's hoping.

[Summer of 95]

Crazy weather over in the North East US at the minute, some places hovering around -1c under freezing rain then 19c+ 20 miles south, don't think we've ever had a proper freezing rain event here though came close 9th/10th Feb last year when it rained all evening around 0.5c-1.0c then dropped below zero overnight.

 

I can think of two recently- 3rd Jan 2011 which was lethal and completely forecast, and 4th Feb 2012 when everywhere else got the forecast snow.

[Bishop Brennan]

Crazy weather over in the North East US at the minute, some places hovering around -1c under freezing rain then 19c+ 20 miles south, don't think we've ever had a proper freezing rain event here though came close 9th/10th Feb last year when it rained all evening around 0.5c-1.0c then dropped below zero overnight.

 

I've experienced a couple of freezing rain events, albeit a long time ago. Absolutely horrible conditions, you end up feeling like Bambi on ice and can go over at any time. Not recommended.

 

Bish