The Midlands - Weather Chat

[MKN]

Pure snow here still hard to tell what its amounted to other than everywhere is white over

[RobR]

Can anyone in the pink zone shed any light on the precip type? It seems the heaviest band so far today is also going to be the biggest disappointment for Stoke and areas around it. Typical!

[MKN]

From an imby point of view need it to slide sse now. Has intensified some what in last 15 mins going by the radar

[snowangel32]

That is unreal we hsd heavy rain at first, then it just changed

Had heavy snow for about an hour now, probably about 5cm

Down.

C.s

Yh we had heavy snow on and off all day started as heavy snow then tuned to sleet now rain cant see it turning back now temps just to high

[marksp]

Temp was 0 now 3 degrees and rising thats the damage this polar low has caused

Temp was 0 now 3 degrees and rising thats the damage this polar low has caused

Very heavy rain now

 struggle to see how polar low cause that, been 1.1c to 0.3 here since 3.30pm yesterday not gone below 0 been very consistent with low temps.

[shaky]

Started snowing in oadby again! Looks like leicester is about to get a good covering! ! I think areas east of a line birmingham stoke have snow now! ! Also this band could stall over us now for a few hours before sliding away!!

[MKN]

Started snowing in oadby again! Looks like leicester is about to get a good covering! ! I think areas east of a line birmingham stoke have snow now! ! Also this band could stall over us now for a few hours before sliding away!!

Lol dunno about the stalling part. Running the radar it shifting pretty quick. For our area we need it to slide southwards now more than to the east

[Gord]

Oh dear. Sleet here and snow cover getting sloppy and starting to go.

Turning into a bit of a theme this winter, snow events turning to rain. Although this time we'd managed to get quite far before it turned.

These NWerly set ups are just too risky for the West Midlands.

[andy_leics22]

Raining here, goodnight.

[snowangel32]

struggle to see how polar low cause that, been 1.1c to 0.3 here since 3.30pm yesterday not gone below 0 been very consistent with low temps.

Yh i know tell me about it i think your area will stay as snow elevation is key and obviously further north just puzzled how a polar low is warming the uk up lol and its not just me reports all over the uk of the same thing happening

[Stationary Front]

Keeps going around me!

[syed2878]

You really couldn't make this super duper up. quite alot of rain so the sugar coating we had has now gon. Again the favoured places done well in this cold sbell so far. it  really takes the jaffa cakes.

[snowangel32]

Bbc weather has most low lying levels in midlands turing to rain or sleet in the next hour or so. Hope for all you guys its wrong such a shame could have had a load from this as well. Slush fest here now

This latest chart from the polar low thread sums up the problem perfectly and whats coming, and the asl you will need to stay as snow

Edited January 30, 2015 by snowangel32

[shaky]

Absolutely belting it down with snow in leicester and the good news is temps are dropping from the north now!!

[shaky]

Bbc weather has most low lying levels in midlands turing to rain or sleet in the next hour or so. Hope for all you guys its wrong such a shame could have had a load from this as well. Slush fest here now

This latest chart from the polar low thread sums up the problem perfectly and whats coming, and the asl you will need to stay as snow

mate you can forget about that chart if its from the gfs especially cos ive just compared where the low should be and it should be entering parts of east anglia by now yet tbe damn things is still in wales!! So i assume that wbfl chart will be 100 miles further south and west aswell!!

[Barbmac]

Gah got up to see whether it was snowing but it's raining and the dusting we had earlier has been washed away! Nooooo!

[RobR]

Looks like the back edge of the band in Stoke turned back to snow. East Midlands looking great!

[snowangel32]

mate you can forget about that chart if its from the gfs especially cos ive just compared where the low should be and it should be entering parts of east anglia by now yet tbe damn things is still in wales!! So i assume that wbfl chart will be 100 miles further south and west aswell!!

May well Shaky its stopped here now hope it stays as snow for you guys. And the bbc are wrong lets face it, it wouldnt be the first time Lol. So gd luck to you all, right i am definately sleeping now.

[Gord]

Despite it turning to rain, there was some amazing snowfall last night. We also kept our snow cover so it's not all bad.

This winter is such an improvement on last year. However, looking at the bigger picture, this is not a good winter so far. Right now it would rank with 2007 or maybe 2008 ( although that year, we had the best still to come).

Would now love to see some proper cold and powdery snow. That would help!

[Gracie]

Ashby de la Zouch has had a fair amount of extra snow, maybe 2+ inches.  Enough that I'm not going into work right now, maybe later when a few more people have churned up the road.  Total blanket across the estate.

[jimben]

Very good covering of snow here and certainly not warm lol, looking forward to next snowfall of what will be a remarkable winter

Edited January 30, 2015 by jimben

[Barbmac]

Just wet, here. No snow at all. This winter's been pretty poor for Malvern, I have to say.

[Matty23]

So when is the next  snow event for Midlands were it won't be rain ha

Edited January 30, 2015 by Matty23

[conor123]

As expected rain rain rain washed away the dusting we did have.

Recurring theme this winter, get the faintest of dustings between 4-6pm, washed away by next morning.

[kmanmx]

About 5cm here. Getting to work is going to suck.

 

But we have snow!