The Midlands - Weather Chat

[Midlands Ice Age]

Havn't read the warnings yet.

Came on to say that rain(maybe a bit of big rain or sleet) showers have set in now.

Temperature up to 3.4C with the dewpoint at -0.2C, so extremely marginal.

Good luck everyone.

MIA

Edit they are for the south east for the snow. Ice warning here it seems.

Just noticed that the ENE wind has just picked up here.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Midlands Ice Age

[kar999]

Trying to rain in Telford...

 

Temp +5ºC

Dew Point +1ºC

Edited February 5, 2015 by kar999

[camperstron]

Raining in Birmingham!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Too mild for snow, this is no real cold spell remember folks, no HLB etc, thats what we need for true cold, cannot expect much off a half hearted effort

[Mair Snaw]

3c here in Matlock with sleety rain but as we came back from Chesterfield over the tops it was 2c and sleet/wet snow... still cover on all hills around and im guessing the people with higher elevation will poss still be getting snow today...

[Will Padz]

Was in buxton earlier shopping and had drizzle, came back over the hills sleety rain, quickly popped into glossop and raining.... Back at home now 3c drizzly melting snow and ice.... Will be extremely icy tonight.... Lots of huge icicles in dove holes, some over a foot....

Edited February 5, 2015 by Will Padz

[Potent Gust]

Sleet here in the heavier showers. Can't see any snow here later unless the dew points drop later this afternoon.

[Bishop Brennan]

Really horrible out there right now. Cold, wet, & very miserable. Ugh.

 

Temp is 3.3°C with a Dp of 1.7°C

 

Bish

[cyclonic happiness]

I'd actually like some nice, springlike weather now. I'm tired of all the half-hearted attempts at winter we've had for the past two years.

 

Hopefully, we'll get a nice warm southwesterly, with showers and sunshine, something to lift the soul out this this new season that we have now, winter?? "FAILTER" :-D

[Polar Maritime]

Feeling raw out with heavy drizzle and low cloud shrouding the hills.

 

Temp 2.3c

Dp 1.7c

Wind chill -0.7c

Wind N/E 7mph.

[snowangel32]

Heavy rain here how depressing

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Drizzle in Castle Bromwich

[fiftytwodegreesnorth]

I have to say I am totally underwhelmed by this cold spell, as I sit and watch the cold rain fall outside.  Although we still have much of Feb and March to see through, there is a distinct theme emerging this season and that is how marginal it’s been for snow fall, and more often than not the wrong end of marginal.  I have not seen more than 1 cm lying on the ground this winter, but I can recall many occasions where snow has fallen.

 

However, given the background signals have not been in in our favour throughout the season;

• No HLB (the holy grail Greenland high is absent yet again)
• deep cold in NE USA, which has fuelled the jet/polar vortex in the wrong area; and
•  lack of serious cold pools in Europe.

We should nevertheless consider ourselves lucky to even be talking about cold and snow, even though ultimately it’s not delivered, but what’s more frustrating is the effort following the models only for it to deliver so little reward.

 

Although there is some further speculation about a mid-month northerly plunge ( currently looking more potent than more recent non-event) I wouldn’t hold my breath.  I would guess only 1 in 10 northerlies delivers something special to our region.

 

I have to say the, despite some poor short term forecasting (especially WRT rain or snow forecasts) the Met office deserve a bit of credit for the mid-range/ long range forecasting this winter IMO.

[Midlands Ice Age]

Guys,

Just been in the south east thread.

A clearance has moved thru most there now.

It is bringing rapidly decreasing temps and snow showers which are getting heavier, some with thunder.

As you can imagine, much excitement as for many it is the first snow they've seen.

Anyway back here, the temp is now back down to 2.9C, ( after a max of3.4C). The dp is falling again 0.1C after having reached 0.7C here during the rain. So it looks as if the colder ENE may well reach us here in a couple of hours with blue skies. Will we get a snow streamer set up?

The dp's in our section of the North Sea are in the order of -5C as opposed to those of -1C off East Anglia where they are getting reports of thunder snow only slightly further south.

So one never knows. I prefer to keep optimistic!!!!

MIA

[Midlands Ice Age]

 

I have to say I am totally underwhelmed by this cold spell, as I sit and watch the cold rain fall outside.  Although we still have much of Feb and March to see through, there is a distinct theme emerging this season and that is how marginal it’s been for snow fall, and more often than not the wrong end of marginal.  I have not seen more than 1 cm lying on the ground this winter, but I can recall many occasions where snow has fallen.

 

However, given the background signals have not been in in our favour throughout the season;

• No HLB (the holy grail Greenland high is absent yet again)
• deep cold in NE USA, which has fuelled the jet/polar vortex in the wrong area; and
•  lack of serious cold pools in Europe.

We should nevertheless consider ourselves lucky to even be talking about cold and snow, even though ultimately it’s not delivered, but what’s more frustrating is the effort following the models only for it to deliver so little reward.

 

Although there is some further speculation about a mid-month northerly plunge ( currently looking more potent than more recent non-event) I wouldn’t hold my breath.  I would guess only 1 in 10 northerlies delivers something special to our region.

 

I have to say the, despite some poor short term forecasting (especially WRT rain or snow forecasts) the Met office deserve a bit of credit for the mid-range/ long range forecasting this winter IMO.

Like the style of your post FTDN.

I agree with it all.

To me it is remarkable we have been able to manage any snowfall from the synoptics of the last month.

So I am grateful for what we have had.

MIA

[shaky]

Rain has turned to snow here in oadby leicester! ! Maybe colder air and dew points incoming from the east!!

[Vmistry]

Been raining/sleet/snowing lightly all day here constantly from around 8:45 this morning. Keeps switching from light snow to sleet and vice versa

Rain has turned to snow here in oadby leicester! ! Maybe colder air and dew points incoming from the east!!

I go to Beauchamp college and I've just finished and its mostly just sleet

[Gord]

Is this the best it's got?

If so than good riddance cold spell.

[Chunky Flake]

That's our lot I think get the sun and shorts out

[The Wolf]

Dreadful here. Cold wet and miserable. Horrible. Sums up this cold spell

for me.

[Snowyowl9]

Rain has turned to snow here in oadby leicester! ! Maybe colder air and dew points incoming from the east!!

Yes definitely the cold air is further east/SE just want to winds to swing east later.

Otherwise the west is in pretty mild air currently 5.3c max here today.

Reminds me of this I was very disappointed then remember it well with a mild NW-ly.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/archive/ra/1996/Rrea00119960214.gif

No wonder the high was coming in.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/archive/ra/1996/Rrea00119960215.gif

Edited February 5, 2015 by Snowyowl9

[conor123]

Yuck, shock horror first precip all week and it's...rain, 5.2c, rubbish.

[The Wolf]

Whens the next pathetic cold spell due?

[conor123]

Whens the next pathetic cold spell due?

Easter bank holiday weekend probably 

[Chunky Flake]

Mild zonality at the moment. That's the weather for now !!!