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picog

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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I'm not liking the reports of rain :-(

Agree, but I think the very south of the region was always iffy for snow. Even further north in Ludlow area, it will be very borderline.

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muddymickey Newbie

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  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Snow !
  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
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Hi all

 

Long time lurker, rare poster...

 

I live near Matlock, on edge of Peak District at approx 300m, and travel across Peak District via Buxton to Stockport every morning.

 

The MetO forecast is looking pretty tasty, heavy snow from approx 9pm tonight until middle of tomorrow.

 

Am I right to be getting excited ??

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
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Hi all

 

Long time lurker, rare poster...

 

I live near Matlock, on edge of Peak District at approx 300m, and travel across Peak District via Buxton to Stockport every morning.

 

The MetO forecast is looking pretty tasty, heavy snow from approx 9pm tonight until middle of tomorrow.

 

Am I right to be getting excited ??

Yh your area looks the sweet spot and has good asl so should all be snow not much marginality there

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  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Snow !
  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
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your area looks the sweet spot and has good asl so should all be snow not much marginality there

 

Thanks!

 

I'll try and repress my inner child and act like the grown up I am supposed to be.

But...yay.

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Serendipity

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  • Location: Stratford Upon Avon 82m asl
  • Weather Preferences: extreme weather
  • Location: Stratford Upon Avon 82m asl
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to show the difference that elevation makes, we have a temp of 2.7 and dp of 0.1 so very VERY marginal here.

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  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
  • Weather Preferences: the weather extremes in general but my favourites are snow & thunderstorms
  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
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Im pretty hopeful tbh as im quite high up and still have froze snow where the sun hasnt hit. Quite often when its snow up here i drive down the hill and turns to sleet and rain

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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I am pleased to announce that we have proper light snow here now, and getting heavier. Temp has fallen back to 1C. Snow is pitching straight away and garden path slightly white already and only been going a few minutes!

Edit. Bigger flakes starting to appear.

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  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
  • Weather Preferences: the weather extremes in general but my favourites are snow & thunderstorms
  • Location: Frankley, Birmingham 250masl
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to show the difference that elevation makes, we have a temp of 2.7 and dp of 0.1 so very VERY marginal here.

Tell me about it my brother (ssib) used to work in stratford and got so annoyed when it was rain down there as he is mad on the snow

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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to show the difference that elevation makes, we have a temp of 2.7 and dp of 0.1 so very VERY marginal here.

Are you still having just rain?

What ASL are you Picog?

93 asl, so not that high.

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snowangel32

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  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy snow, Thunder storms and lightning
  • Location: Oldbury, West midlands
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I am pleased to announce that we have proper light snow here now, and getting heavier. Temp has fallen back to 1C. Snow is pitching straight away and garden path slightly white already and only been going a few minutes!

Edit. Bigger flakes starting to appear.

1st report of snow good on ya did it start as snow

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Bishop Brennan

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  • Location: Knowle, Solihull - 400ft (122m) ASL
  • Location: Knowle, Solihull - 400ft (122m) ASL
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Is that good?

 

The temperature is falling, but only very slowly. On the other hand, the dew point is still encouragingly low.

 

Bish

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weather_it_will

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  • Location: Worcestershire/Warwickshire/North Oxfordshire
  • Location: Worcestershire/Warwickshire/North Oxfordshire
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Any expert views on what to expect for Warwick/Leamington Spa?

 

Reading the comments etc. I would imagine this location is going to be marginal at best?

 

Thanks in advance

I would expect rain/sleet.

 

If you get snow it's a bonus.

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muddymickey Newbie

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  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Snow !
  • Location: Derbyshire (850ft/260m ASL)
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Are people familiar with UKsnowmap ?

Here: http://uksnowmap.com/

 

Essentially you tweet your location, rate the current snowfall out of 10 (0=nothing, 10=total whiteout), and include the hashtag #uksnow .

 

This site searches Twitter for info and generates a map of where snow is falling.

 

Apologies if everyone already knows about it!

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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1st report of snow good on ya did it start as snow

Yes, very light fine snow. No rain at all.

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Arnie Pie

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Im pretty hopeful tbh as im quite high up and still have froze snow where the sun hasnt hit. Quite often when its snow up here i drive down the hill and turns to sleet and rain

Yes....As a kid The Beeches were always were we headed  with our home made sledges (tea trays!)

 

Expect them to be covered tomorrow morning :)

ppn heading into the area atm......A night of lampost watching ahead on the cards

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Arctic Hare Accomplished

Arctic Hare

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  • Location: Bewdley, Worcs; 90m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and sun in winter; warm and bright otherwise; not a big storm fan
  • Location: Bewdley, Worcs; 90m asl
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Snowing here in Bewdley now! Very light, small fine flakes and not really settling -- but it's snow, not sleet or rain. Considering I'm only at 90m asl, this is a good sign for many others in here! :)

 

Edit: Maybe I spoke too soon: it's more sleety now. Shows how marginal this is.

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Barbmac

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  • Location: West Malvern, West Midlands, 280m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow! Severe storms.
  • Location: West Malvern, West Midlands, 280m ASL
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Light rain with sleety bits here at the moment - temperature is 1.9oC, dew point -1.6oC.

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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Precipitation coming onto the south coast of Wales starting to invigorate nicely.

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